quintade

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Synonym of pentad

   Synonym of pentad: A 5-year period, particularly in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades.

   • The number of deaths by each of these is set down in parallel columns for different ages from one year up to five, and in quintades, from five to a hundred.
   • It promises to be valuable for petrol blends early in the 2009-2013 quintade, particularly if whey bioethanol production falls short of demand.
2. 2

   An organ stop corresponding to pewter pipes of 16, 8, 4, and 2 feet.

   • Substituting a Dolce for the Quintade for church use would make this little organ far more useful than some much larger baroque organs that I have played.
   • The Flute and Principal jump an octave at high pressures, while the Quintade can be heard at the 8’ fundamental using low pressure on the cone-pallet box and can then overblow to the tierce at 90 mm WC.

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