phalanx

n. (வர.) கிரேக்கரிடையே மாசிடோ னியரின் செறிவுமிக்க காலாட்படையணி, பொதுவழ்வு முறைக்குழு, பூரியர் என்பவரால் நிறுவப்பட்ட 1க்ஷ்00 பேரடங்கிய பொதுவாழ்வு முறைக் குழாம், (உள்.) கைகால் விரல்களின் தனி எபு, பூவிழைக்கொத்து.

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Pha"lanx, n.; pl. Phalanxes, L. Phalanges. Etym: [L., from Gr. 1. (Gr. Antiq.) Defn: 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. "In cubic phalanx firm advanced." 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.) Defn: One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode. 5. Etym: [pl. Phalanges.] (Bot.) Defn: A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.

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