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Cinquefoil vs Multifoil - What's the difference?

cinquefoil | multifoil | see also |

Cinquefoil is a see also of multifoil.


As nouns the difference between cinquefoil and multifoil

is that cinquefoil is potentilla (flower) while multifoil is (architecture) a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of a set of partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.

cinquefoil

English

Alternative forms

* cinqfoil

Noun

(en noun)
  • potentilla (flower)
  • (heraldiccharge) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
  • (topology) A particular knot of five crossings.

    • Synonyms

    * (knot) cinquefoil knot, 5_1, T(5,2)

    Related terms

    * cinque * multifoil * polyfoil

    Coordinate terms

    * trefoil * quatrefoil * sexfoil * octofoil

    External links

    * (cinquefoil knot)

    multifoil

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of a set of partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.

    • See also

    * trefoil * quatrefoil * cinquefoil * sexfoil * octofoil * polyfoil