Definition of Phalenx
Phalanx, among the Greeks a body of heavy infantry armed with long
spears and short swords, standing in line close behind one another,
generally 8 men deep, the Macedonian being as much as 16; its movements
were too heavy, and it was dashed in pieces before the legions of Rome to
its extinction; it was superseded by the Roman legion.
- Wikipedia
Pha"lanx (?), n.; pl.
Phalanxes (#), L. Phalanges (#).
[L., from Gr. &?;.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) 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. "In cubic
phalanx firm advanced." Milton.
The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a
tower. Pope.
2. Any body of troops or men formed in close
array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and
solidity of a union.
At present they formed a united
phalanx. Macaulay.
The sheep recumbent, and the sheep that grazed,
All huddling into phalanx, stood and gazed.
Cowper.
3. A Fourierite community; a
phalanstery.
4. (Anat.) One of the digital bones of
the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an
internode.
5. [pl. Phalanges.] (Bot.)
A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous
flowers.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (plural: phalanxes) An ancient Greek military unit that consists of a line of soldiers with spears that advanced upon the enemy.
- (plural: phalanges) One of the bones of the finger or toe, also called phalange.
See also
Phalanx- The brand name of a rapid fire machine gun manufactured by Raytheon. See the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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