Phalanx Definition

fālăngks, fălăngks
phalanges, phalanxes
noun
A massed group of individuals; compact body.
Webster's New World
An ancient military formation of infantry in close, deep ranks with shields overlapping and spears extended.
Webster's New World
A group of individuals united for a common purpose.
Webster's New World
The people forming a phalanstery.
Webster's New World
Any of the bones forming the fingers or toes.
Webster's New World
pronoun

The brand name of a radar-controlled rapid fire 20mm Gatling-type machine gun, the Phalanx CIWS (pronounced see-wiz), deployed on U.S. Navy ships as a last line of defense against antiship cruise missiles.

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Other Word Forms of Phalanx

Noun

Singular:
phalanx
Plural:
phalanges, phalanxes

Origin of Phalanx

  • From Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phalanks, “battle order, array").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin phalanx phalang- from Greek

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Phalanx Sentence Examples

  • They formed the phalanx, and were divided into 6 brigades (raEets), probably on the territorial system.

  • It was transformed, with the strong approval of all its chief members and the consent of the rest, into a Fourierist "phalanx" in 1845.

  • There is a pair of large nodular sesamoids behind the metacarpo-phalangeal articulation, and a single large transversely-extended sesamoid behind the joint between the second and third phalanx, called the " navicular bone."

  • The bottom bone is the terminal phalanx which is inserted in the heart of the hoof.

  • In spite of his efforts the bill was carried through all its stages by an unbroken phalanx of Liberals, Labour men, and Nationalists, showing a majority in important divisions of rio; and was only rejected by the Lords in the early months of 1913.

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