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Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds.

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  1. n. Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds.
  2. a. Having the valence of a pentad.
  3. n. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
  4. Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds. Having the valence of a pentad.
  5. Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, orwhich can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, fiveatoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in theammonium compounds.
  6. n the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one