5 (number)
:This article discusses the number five. For the year 5 AD, see 5. For other uses of 5, see 5 (disambiguation)
In other fields
see also 5 (disambiguation)
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Five is:
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- The number of oceans in the world.
- The five senses are sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste.
- The five basic tastes are sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami.
- Pentameter is verse with five repeating feet per line; iambic pentameter was the most popular form in Shakespeare.
- In the United States legal system, the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution can be referred to in court as "pleading the fifth", absolving the defendant from self-incrimination
- The note in the English monetary system that features Elizabeth Fry. (£5 Note)
- The denomination of the U.S. dollar with Abraham Lincoln's portrait.
- The number of cents in a nickel. The U.S. nickel bears a portrait of Thomas Jefferson. The Canadian nickel has a beaver on its reverse.
- The designation of an Interstate Highway that runs from San Diego, California to Blaine, Washington.
- The number of permanent members with veto power on the UN Security Council.
- The number necessary to make a majority decision in the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Five babies born at one time are quintuplets. The most famous set of quintuplets were the Dionne Quintuplets born in the 1930s.
- In Astrology, Leo is the 5th astrological sign of the Zodiac.
- The word "quintessential" came from that elusive fifth element that completes the basic four elements (water, fire, air and earth). There is also a movie called The Fifth Element.
- The number of dots in a quincunx.
- The number of points in a pentagram.
- The Garden of Cyrus 1658 by Sir Thomas Browne is a Pythagorean Discourse based upon the number 5.
- The word "punch" comes from the Hindustani for five. Being true to the designation of punch, the drink Five Alive is named for its five ingredients.
- The holy number of Discordianism, as dictated by the Law of Fives.
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| ► | In mathematics |
| ► | The Arabic glyph |
| ► | In science |
| ► | In various cultures |
| ► | In music |
| ► | In sports |
| ► | In technology |
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