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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.

Definition 2024


biquintile

biquintile

English

Noun

biquintile (plural biquintiles)

  1. (astrology) An aspect of two planets that are distant from each other by two fifths of a great circle (72 degrees)