Hunk: I don't know. What day is today?
Coran: It's the third quintant of the Spicolian movement. Hump day!
Coran: It's the third quintant of the Spicolian movement. Hump day!
by sanchopancho02 January 28, 2019
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Definition:
1. The ordinal number symbol: 15.
2. The position in a sequence following the fourteenth (quadantal) element; the fifth (quintal) in the second decimal series.
3. Pertaining to a group, set, or division of fifteen (quintant) parts or members.
4. Denoting a value that constitutes three (trio) complete five-unit cycles or a standard quarter-hour period.
Significance:
• It defines the fifteenth (quintantal) position with systematic regularity and clarity.
• It emphasizes quarter-hour units, triple quint cycles, and specific organizational increments.
• It identifies temporal units (15 minutes/quarter-hour), sports periods, and standardized quotas.
• It avoids incomprehensible and ambiguous pronunciations (homophones) common in irregular numeric forms.
• It simplifies expressions of order in timekeeping, sports scheduling, and production quotas.
• It improves precision in temporal, athletic, and industrial contexts involving the number fifteen.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms “fifteenth” with a consistent Latinized ordinal form.
Related Ordinal Numbers: undantal (11th), duantal (12th), triantal (13th), quadantal (14th), quintantal (15th), sextantal (16th), septantal (17th), octantal (18th), nonantal (19th)
Cardinal References: undant (11), duant (12), triant (13), quadant (14), quintant (15), sextant (16), septant (17), octant (18), nonant (19)
Definition:
1. The ordinal number symbol: 15.
2. The position in a sequence following the fourteenth (quadantal) element; the fifth (quintal) in the second decimal series.
3. Pertaining to a group, set, or division of fifteen (quintant) parts or members.
4. Denoting a value that constitutes three (trio) complete five-unit cycles or a standard quarter-hour period.
Significance:
• It defines the fifteenth (quintantal) position with systematic regularity and clarity.
• It emphasizes quarter-hour units, triple quint cycles, and specific organizational increments.
• It identifies temporal units (15 minutes/quarter-hour), sports periods, and standardized quotas.
• It avoids incomprehensible and ambiguous pronunciations (homophones) common in irregular numeric forms.
• It simplifies expressions of order in timekeeping, sports scheduling, and production quotas.
• It improves precision in temporal, athletic, and industrial contexts involving the number fifteen.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms “fifteenth” with a consistent Latinized ordinal form.
Related Ordinal Numbers: undantal (11th), duantal (12th), triantal (13th), quadantal (14th), quintantal (15th), sextantal (16th), septantal (17th), octantal (18th), nonantal (19th)
Cardinal References: undant (11), duant (12), triant (13), quadant (14), quintant (15), sextant (16), septant (17), octant (18), nonant (19)
Examples:
• "The congregation is scheduled for the quintantal minute mark of the hour."
• "Her presentation covers the quintantal chapter in the training manual."
• "In basketball, the quintantal point often triggers a mandatory media timeout."
• "Adjust the quintantal parameter to align with the fifteen-minute sampling interval."
• "The project's quintantal milestone represents the completion of three five-phase cycles."
• "The congregation is scheduled for the quintantal minute mark of the hour."
• "Her presentation covers the quintantal chapter in the training manual."
• "In basketball, the quintantal point often triggers a mandatory media timeout."
• "Adjust the quintantal parameter to align with the fifteen-minute sampling interval."
• "The project's quintantal milestone represents the completion of three five-phase cycles."
by Dmitrio December 12, 2025
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Definition:
1. The cardinal number symbol: 15.
2. A group, set, or series of fifteen humans or entities: a triple quint or standard quarter-hour.
3. A temporal unit representing fifteen minutes or a quarter of an hour.
4. Denoting a structure or increment based on fifteen parts, such as a rugby squad (equipe) or a significant percentage point.
Significance:
• It defines the quantity fifteen with systematic regularity and clarity.
• It emphasizes quarter-hour units, rugby union squads, and three-by-five groupings.
• It identifies minutes in a quarter-hour, players on a rugby squad (equipe), and any standardized fifteen-unit set.
• It avoids irregular and ambiguous pronunciations associated with Germanic numeric forms.
• It simplifies expressions of time, sports squad (equipe) sizes, and quintile divisions.
• It improves precision in descriptions of temporal increments, athletic compositions, and proportional segments.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to replacing "fifteen" with a consistent Latinized cardinal form.
Cardinal number: quintant (15)
Ordinal number: quintantal (15th)
Adjective: quintantal
Definition:
1. The cardinal number symbol: 15.
2. A group, set, or series of fifteen humans or entities: a triple quint or standard quarter-hour.
3. A temporal unit representing fifteen minutes or a quarter of an hour.
4. Denoting a structure or increment based on fifteen parts, such as a rugby squad (equipe) or a significant percentage point.
Significance:
• It defines the quantity fifteen with systematic regularity and clarity.
• It emphasizes quarter-hour units, rugby union squads, and three-by-five groupings.
• It identifies minutes in a quarter-hour, players on a rugby squad (equipe), and any standardized fifteen-unit set.
• It avoids irregular and ambiguous pronunciations associated with Germanic numeric forms.
• It simplifies expressions of time, sports squad (equipe) sizes, and quintile divisions.
• It improves precision in descriptions of temporal increments, athletic compositions, and proportional segments.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to replacing "fifteen" with a consistent Latinized cardinal form.
Cardinal number: quintant (15)
Ordinal number: quintantal (15th)
Adjective: quintantal
Examples:
• "The meeting will commence in a quintant; please be ready."
• "A rugby union squad (equipe) fields a quintant of players."
• "The data is divided into quintants for easier analysis."
• "Her presentation lasted precisely one quintant."
• "The discount applies to purchases of a quintant or more (plusse) units."
• "The meeting will commence in a quintant; please be ready."
• "A rugby union squad (equipe) fields a quintant of players."
• "The data is divided into quintants for easier analysis."
• "Her presentation lasted precisely one quintant."
• "The discount applies to purchases of a quintant or more (plusse) units."
by Dmitrio January 18, 2026
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