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pentachotomy

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English

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Etymology

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From penta- +‎ -chotomy, after dichotomy, or from Ancient Greek πένταχα (péntakha, in five divisions).

Noun

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pentachotomy (countable and uncountable, plural pentachotomies)

  1. The division of one into five separate but related parts.