Phalanx : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Phalanx	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Phalanx
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phalanx n any of the bones of the fingers or toes any closely ranked crowd of people a body of troops in close array
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phalanx \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. [bd]In cubic phalanx firm advanced.[b8] --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.