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Webster 1913 Edition


Biquintile

Bi-quin′tile

,
Noun.
[Pref.
bi-
+
quintile
: cf. F.
biquintile
.]
(Astron.)
An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle – that is, twice 72 degrees.

Webster 1828 Edition


Biquintile

BIQUIN'TILE

,
Noun.
[L. bis, twice, and quintus, fifth.]
An aspect of the planets, when they are distant from each other, by twice the fifth part of a great circle, that is 144 degrees or twice 72 degrees.