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{{a|stats|{{image|Quincunx|jpg|A [[quincunx]], yesterday}}}}A geometric pattern consisting of five points arranged in a cross, with four of them forming a square or rectangle and a fifth at its center. Like a five on a die. Also, Sir Francis Galton’s  pegboard by which he established the beginnings of the normal distribution.
A geometric pattern consisting of five points arranged in a cross, with four of them forming a square or rectangle and a fifth at its center. Like a five on a die. Also, Sir Francis Galton’s  pegboard by which he established the beginnings of the normal distribution.
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A geometric pattern consisting of five points arranged in a cross, with four of them forming a square or rectangle and a fifth at its center. Like a five on a die. Also, Sir Francis Galton’s pegboard by which he established the beginnings of the normal distribution.

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