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Phalanx Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Phalanx?
[n] any of the bones (or phalanges) of the fingers or toes
[n] a body of troops in close array [n] any closely ranked crowd of people Synonyms | Synonyms for Phalanx: Related Terms | Find terms related to Phalanx: age group | army | army group | band | battalion | battery | battle group | bevy | body | brigade | bunch | cabal | cadre | cast | clique | cohort | column | combat command | combat team | company | complement | contingent | corps | coterie | covey | crew | crowd | detachment | detail | division | faction | field army | field train | file | fleet | flying column | gang | garrison | group | grouping | groupment | in-group | junta | kitchen police | KP | legion | maniple | mob | movement | organization | outfit | out-group | pack | party | peer group | platoon | posse | rank | regiment | salon | section | set | squad | squadron | stable | string | tactical unit | task force | team | train | tribe | troop | troupe | unit | wing See Also | bone | crowd | dactyl | digit | force | military force | military group | military unit | os Phalanx In Webster's Dictionary \Pha"lanx\, n.; pl. {Phalanxes}, L. {Phalanges}. [L.,
from Gr. ?.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) 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. ``In cubic
phalanx firm advanced.'' --Milton.
The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower. --Pope.
2. Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any
combination of people distinguished for firmness and
solidity of a union.
At present they formed a united phalanx. --Macaulay.
The sheep recumbent, and the sheep that grazed, All
huddling into phalanx, stood and gazed. --Cowper.
3. A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.
4. (Anat.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot,
beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.
5. [pl. {Phalanges}.] (Bot.) A group or bundle of stamens, as
in polyadelphous flowers.
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