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noun (plural ~es or phalanges) Etymology: Latin phalang-, ~, from Greek, battle line, digital bone, literally, log — more at balk Date: 1553 1. a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files; broadly a body of troops in close array 2. plural phalanges one of the digital bones of the hand or foot of a vertebrate 3. plural usually ~es a. a massed arrangement of persons, animals, or things a ~ of armed guards b. an organized body of persons a ~ of lawyers ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. phalanxes or phalanges) 1 Gk Antiq. a line of battle, esp. a body of Macedonian infantry drawn up in close order. 2 a set of people etc. forming a compact mass, or banded for a common purpose. 3 a bone of the finger or toe. 4 Bot. a bundle of stamens united by filaments. Etymology: L f. Gk phalagx -ggos ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. др-греч. фаланга 2. группа людей, объединенных общими интересами 3. община (в системе утопического социализма Фурье) 4. (pl. обыкн. -nges) анат. фаланга пальца ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ plural phalanxes n 1 a large group of people who stand close together so that it is difficult to go through them (A solid phalanx of policemen blocked the road.) 2 a group of soldiers who stand or move closely together in battle ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1553, from Gk. phalanx (gen. phalangos) "line of battle," also "finger or toe bone," originally "trunk, log." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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