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Definition of Quinquenniums
1. quinquennium [n] - See also: quinquennium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quinquenniums
Literary usage of Quinquenniums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Town of San Felipe and Colonial Cacao Economies by Eugenio Piñero (1994)
"Two of the unseasonal quinquenniums, 1698-1702 and 1738-1742, had yields of over
60 percent in the unseasonal trimesters (second and fourth). ..."
2. The Empire of Brazil at the Universal Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia by Brazil (1876)
"... of 1864—69 and 1869—74, and seperating the importation. quinquenniums.
IMPORTATION. 1864 to 1869 1869 to 1874 EXPORTATION. ..."
3. The Medical Times and Gazette (1879)
"Fevers vary greatly ; the first and second quinquenniums are the highest, viz., 1053
and 1197 respectively, while the last is by far the lowest, viz., 555; ..."
4. Publications of the American Statistical Association by American Statistical Association (1916)
"... it would probably have shown the same break, for if we combine the two
quinquenniums in the former we find a higher death- rate for the spinsters. ..."
5. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1877)
"In the five years following 1848 the number of members decreased about one-tenth,
whilst in each of the three subsequent quinquenniums the numerical ..."
6. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1898)
"... quinquenniums was the period of the rush to California and Australia, and of
the workings of rich placer diggings in both of these great gold fields. ..."
7. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"... Sweden, and the Netherlands report reduced death-rates that are still more
significant "because based on comparisons of decades or quinquenniums. ..."
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