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quinquennium

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quin·quen·ni·um  (kwn-kwn-m, kwng-)
n. pl. quin·quen·ni·ums or quin·quen·ni·a (-kwn-)
A period of five years.

[Latin qunquennium : qunque, quinque- + annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots.]

quinquennium [kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəm]
n pl -nia [-nɪə]
a period or cycle of five years
[from Latin quinque five + annus year]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.quinquennium - a period of five years
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
Translations
quinquennium [kwɪŋˈkwenɪəm] N (quinquennia (pl)) [kwɪŋˈkwenɪə]quinquenio m
quinquennium
n pl <quinquennia> (form)Jahrfünft nt


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Analyzing the last three 5-year periods, it can be seen that the cumulative growth in scientific production on phytotherapy in psychiatry for each quinquennium over the preceding one remains constant, duplicating the percentage of documents.
That is, countries have been arranged according to their death penalty status at the beginning of the quinquennium in January 1999.
1557) reflected lessons he had learnt from extensive travels in Brazil in the quinquennium 1551-56.
 
 
 
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