pen|tal|o|gy

pen|tal|o|gy
pen|tal|o|gy «pehn TAL uh jee», noun, plural -gies.
a combination of five mutually connected parts; pentad: »

The story…forms part of Heinlein's “History of the Future” pentalogy (Punch).


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