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phalanx

/ˈfeɪˌlæŋks/

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What does phalanx mean?

noun

  1. A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
  2. One of the bones of the finger or toe.
  3. A bundle of stamens, in diadelphous and polyadelphous flowers.
More meanings (3)

proper noun

  1. 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.

noun

  1. (historical) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
  2. (historical) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈfeɪˌlæŋks/

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The universal Church was arrayed against it, and in front of the vast phalanx stood, to a man, the fathers.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
While the horse were thus dangerously engaged, the Macedonian phalanx passed the river, and the foot on each side advanced to fight.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
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What I saw was a solid phalanx of armed men between myself and a dais supporting a great bench of carved sorapus wood.
Edgar Rice BurroughsThe gods of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #64
Action.--This muscle flexes the second phalanx on the first, the first on the metacarpus, and the entire foot on the forearm.
H. Caulton (Harry Caulton) ReeksDiseases of the Horse's FootProject Gutenberg ebook #11204
The soft and fleshy cushion which here covered the 2d phalanx was terminated by a small, blackish nail, like a grain of spur rye.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747