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Definition of Phalanx
1. Noun. Any of the bones of the fingers or toes.
2. Noun. Any closely ranked crowd of people.
3. Noun. A body of troops in close array.
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Definition of Phalanx
1. n. A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.
Definition of Phalanx
1. Proper noun. The brand name of a radar-controlled rapid fire 20mm Gatling-type machine gun, the '''Phalanx''' CIWS (pronounced ''see-wiz''), deployed on U.S. Navy ships as a last line of defense against antiship cruise missiles. ¹
2. Noun. (context: plural '''phalanxes''') a large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose. ¹
3. Noun. (skeleton plural '''phalanges''') One of the bones of the finger or toe. ¹
4. Noun. (historical plural '''phalanxes''') An ancient Greek military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears. ¹
5. Noun. (''historical sociology'') A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Phalanx
1. a formation of infantry in ancient Greece [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Phalanx
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