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phalangenoun
One of the bones of the finger or toe, also called phalanx.
phalangenoun
A political movement, the Falange.
Wikipedia
Phalange
The phalanges (singular: phalanx ) are digital bones in the hands and feet of most vertebrates. In primates, the thumbs and big toes have two phalanges while the other digits have three phalanges. The phalanges are classed as long bones.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Phalange
fā-lanj′, n. a phalanx of a digit: any of the joints of an insect's tarsus: a bundle of stamens joined by their filaments: a socialistic community in Fourier's dream of an ideal arrangement of society, consisting of 1800 persons living in a phalanstère—generally in pl., the usual sing. being Phā′lanx (q.v.).—adjs. Phalan′gal, Phalan′gēal, Phalan′gial, Phalan′gian; Phalan′giform; Phalanstē′rian.—ns. Phalanstē′rianism, Phalan′sterism; Phal′anstery, the dwelling of the phalange in the ideal social system of Fourier (1772-1837), a vast structure in the midst of a square league of cultivated land.
Editors Contribution
phalangenoun
A type of bone
We human beings all have phalanges in our fingers and toes
Submitted by MaryC on August 27, 2023
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of phalange in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of phalange in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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