pentachotomy
nounEtymology From penta- + -chotomy, after dichotomy, or from Ancient Greek πένταχα (péntakha, “in five divisions”).
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The division of one into five separate but related parts.
- Coordinate terms
- monochotomy, dichotomy, tetrachotomy, hexachotomy, heptachotomy, octachotomy, decachotomy, polychotomy