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pentakis-

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(mathematics) A variant of penta-, used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix.

(chemistry) A variant of penta-, used for substitutions of five complex rather than simple units: pentakis(phenylthio)pyridine, or to distinguish five simple substituents from a single polymer of five units

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