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Definition of Phalanx
1. Noun. Any of the bones of the fingers or toes.
2. Noun. Any closely ranked crowd of people.
3. Noun. A body of troops in close array.
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Definition of Phalanx
1. n. A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.
Definition of Phalanx
1. Proper noun. The brand name of a radar-controlled rapid fire 20mm Gatling-type machine gun, the '''Phalanx''' CIWS (pronounced ''see-wiz''), deployed on U.S. Navy ships as a last line of defense against antiship cruise missiles. ¹
2. Noun. (context: plural '''phalanxes''') a large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose. ¹
3. Noun. (skeleton plural '''phalanges''') One of the bones of the finger or toe. ¹
4. Noun. (historical plural '''phalanxes''') An ancient Greek military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears. ¹
5. Noun. (''historical sociology'') A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Phalanx
1. a formation of infantry in ancient Greece [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Phalanx
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phalanx
Literary usage of Phalanx
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1869)
"When the phalanx advanced towards an enemy, there was but three feet ... In fine,
when the phalanx was to receive the enemy, the men who composed it drew ..."
2. Materials for the study of variation treated with especial regard to by William Bateson (1894)
"The epiphysis of the large metacarpal supports a normal first phalanx with which
the second phalanx articulates. This second phalanx is enlarged internally ..."
3. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"They aro attached, beneath, to the sides of the second phalanx. Their most inferior
fibres are even prolonged below that point to reach the extremities of ..."
4. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1860)
"Nor is there any difficulty in believing that he at the same time made some
improvements in the arms, or the structure of the phalanx, which entitled it to ..."
5. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1859)
"Philip, king of Macedonia, is sometimes spoken of by Greek writers as the inventor
of the phalanx. It is probable enough that he was the first to introduce ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The Athenian phalanx was less compact than that of Sparta, but more formidable in
... The Thebans, under the direction of Epaminondas, modified the phalanx, ..."
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