Examples

• A quincunx is a standard pattern for planting an orchard, especially in France.
• Quincunxes are used in modern computer graphics as a supersampling pattern for anti-aliasing. Quincunx antialiasing samples scenes at the corners and centers of each pixel. These five sample points, in the shape of a quincunx, are combined to produce each displayed pixel. However, samples at the corner points are shared with adjacent pixels, so the number of samples needed is only twice the number of displayed pixels. (External Link)
• In astrology (and less commonly in astronomy), a quincunx (also known as an inconjunct) is an astrological aspect of five-twelfths of a circle, or 150°, between two objects (the Sun, Moon, planets or signs).
• In architecture, a quincuncial plan, also defined as a "cross inscribed in a square", is the plan of an edifice composed of nine bays. The central and the four angular ones are covered with domes or groin vaults; the other four are surmounted by barrel vaults. Image:Bluedice2.jpg|The spots on the 5th side of a (playing) die form a quincunx. Image:Lattice face centered cubic.svg|The points on each face of a unit cell of a face-centred cubic lattice form a quincunx. Image:Peirce-quincuncial-projection.jpg|A quincuncial map is a conformal map projection that maps the poles of the sphere to the centre and four corners of a square, thus forming a quincunx. Image:Quincunxlingakbalspean01.JPG|A quincunx of linga inside a yoni in Angkor. Image:BodrumCamii20070529_01.jpg|Bodrum Mosque in Istanbul, a typical example of building with a quincuncial plan. Image:Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg|The flag of the Solomon Islands features a quincunx of stars.

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