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单词 quinion
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quinionn.

Brit. /ˈkwɪnɪən/, U.S. /ˈkwɪniən/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by clipping and shortening. Etymons: Latin quinion- , quinio ; quinternion n.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin quinion-, quinio group of five (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin quīnī five each (see quinary n.) + (see -oon suffix). In sense 2 either a specific use after quinternion n., or of independent origin and shortened < quinternion n.
1. A set of five things. Obsolete. rare.
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1795 tr. J. Bernouilli in Doctr. Permutations & Combinations 73 The fifth vertical column..represents the number of quintuplets, or quinions [L. quiniones], of the letters a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, k, and m, or combinations of them by five in a parcel.
2. Bookbinding. = quinternion n.
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society > communication > printing > paper > [noun] > specific quantity of
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ternion1609
quaternion1625
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ream1832
quinion1872
quire1879
sextern1885
society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > large quantity of > specific quantity of
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quinternion1652
quinion1872
sextern1885
1872 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 10 602 A column and a half are also left blank at the end of the book... This may be, however, because it is on the last leaf of the quinion or quire.
1897 R. Garnett in Bibliographica III. 37 Their [sc. Sweynheym and Pannartz's] spacious premises are choked with unbound sheets in quinions.
1927 E. K. Rand in W. M. Lindsay Palaeographia Latina v. 53 A quinion may consist of a quaternion ruled four leaves at a time plus an extra leaf.
1959 P. H. Blair in Moore Bede 11/2 It contains thirteen gatherings of which ii, iv, v and viiixii inclusive are regular quinions, that is, each of five bifolia making ten leaves after folding.
2000 Dumbarton Oaks Papers 54 123 Both the Rossano Codex and the Vienna Dioscurides feature quires made up of quinions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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