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pentad [′pen‚tad]
(climatology)
A period of 5 consecutive days, often preferred to the week for climatological purposes since it is an exact factor of the 365-day year.


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Though many have reduced the pentad, Burke's motivational questioning of Act, Scene, Agent, Agency, and Purpose, to a reductive formula, there are other strong and fruitful lines of thought to develop.
In symbolism this figure is often taken as synonymous with the number five, the pentad.
 
 
 
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