Pentad

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Pentad or pentade may refer to:

• the number five, 5
• Pentad (computing), a 5-bit group
• a series of five years (Aristotle 1857: the decade is composed ... of two pentads), like the lustrum
• 72 pentads (七十二候) in East Asia calendars, the solar term
• Kenneth Burke's method of analyzing motivation, the dramatistic pentad
• Pentad (chord), Pentachord, a five note chord
• a group of three signs or symptoms for diagnosis of various medical conditions, Medical pentads

See also

• Tetrad (disambiguation) ("group of 4")
• Hexad (disambiguation) ("group of 6")