phalanx
11phalanx — index band, mass (body of persons) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12phalanx — ► NOUN (pl. phalanxes) 1) a group of similar people or things. 2) a body of troops or police officers in close formation. 3) (pl. phalanges) Anatomy a bone of the finger or toe. ORIGIN Greek …
13Phalanx — Sumerische Phalanx um 2440 v. Chr. (auf der Geierstele) Als Phalanx (gr. φἄλαγξ phálanx für „Baumstamm“, „Walze“, „Rolle“ oder „Schlachtreihe“) wird eine dichtgeschlossene, lineare Kampfformation schwerbewaffneter Infanterie mit mehreren Gliedern …
14phalanx — /fay langks, fal angks/, n., pl. phalanxes or, for 7, phalanges /feuh lan jeez/, v. n. 1. (in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping. 2. any body …
15Phalanx — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Phalanx est le terme grec pour une formation militaire et anglais pour « phalange ». Il peut référer à différentes notions : Phalanx CIWS,… …
16PHALANX — I. PHALANX Arachnes frater, Atticae regionis incola, ubi adolevisset, artem militarem a Pallade didicisse fertur, cum Arachne soror omnia illa diligenter didicisset, quae spectant ad telae consiciendae et ad suendi artificium. At cum Phalanx rem… …
17Phalanx — Anatomically, any one of the bones in the fingers or toes. (The plural of phalanx is phalanges.) There are 3 phalanges (the proximal, middle, and proximal phalanx) in most of the fingers and toes. However, the thumb and large toe have only two… …
18Phalanx — Pha|lanx 〈f.; , lạn|gen〉 1. 〈Antike〉 lange, geschlossene Schlachtreihe in mehreren Gliedern 2. 〈fig.〉 geschlossene Reihe, Front 3. 〈Anat.〉 Finger bzw. Zehenknochen [grch., „Baumstamm, Block, Schlachtreihe“; dasselbe: Planke] * * * Pha|lanx, die; …
19phalanx — noun (plural phalanxes or phalanges) Etymology: Latin phalang , phalanx, from Greek, battle line, digital bone, literally, log more at balk Date: 1553 1. a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files;… …
20phalanx — [[t]fæ̱læŋks[/t]] phalanxes, phalanges (plural) [pr][[t]fəlæ̱nʤiːz[/t]][/pr] 1) N COUNT A phalanx is a group of soldiers or police who are standing or marching close together ready to fight. [FORMAL] 2) N COUNT: usu N of n A phalanx of people is… …
