English-Thai Dictionary

phalanx

N กระดูก นิ้วมือ หรือ นิ้วเท้า  kra-duk-nil-mue-rue-nil-tao

 

phalanx

N กลุ่มคน  กลุ่ม สัตว์  กลุ่ม  พรรค  klum-kon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PHALANX

n.In Grecian antiquity, a square battalion or body of soldiers, formed in ranks and files close and deep, with their shields joined and pikes crossing each other, so as to render it almost impossible to break it. The Macedonian phalanx, celebrated for its force, consisted of 8 men; but smaller bodies of soldiers were called by the same name. 1. Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of union.
2. In anatomy, the three rows of small bones forming the fingers.
3. In natural history, a term used to express the arrangement of the columns of a sort of fossil corolloid, called lithostrotion, found in Wales.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PHALANX

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

phalanx

pha lanx |ˈfālaNGks, ˈfal- ˈfælæŋks ˈfeɪˌlæŋks | ▶noun 1 ( pl. phalanxes ) a body of troops or police officers, standing or moving in close formation: six hundred marchers set off, led by a phalanx of police. • a group of people or things of a similar type forming a compact body: he headed past the phalanx of waiting reporters to the line of limos. • (in ancient Greece ) a body of Macedonian infantry with long spears, drawn up in close order with shields overlapping. 2 ( pl. phalanges |fəˈlanjēz, fāˈlanjēz | ) Anatomy a bone of the finger or toe. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting a body of Macedonian infantry ): via Latin from Greek.

 

Oxford Dictionary

phalanx

phalanx |ˈfalaŋks | ▶noun 1 ( pl. phalanxes ) a body of troops or police officers standing or moving in close formation: six hundred marchers set off, led by a phalanx of police. • a group of people or things of a similar type forming a compact body: he headed past the phalanx of waiting reporters to the line of limos. • (in ancient Greece ) a body of Macedonian infantry drawn up in close order with shields touching and long spears overlapping. 2 ( pl. phalanges |fəˈlan (d )ʒiːz | ) Anatomy a bone of the finger or toe. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting a body of Macedonian infantry ): via Latin from Greek.

 

Duden Dictionary

Phalanx

Pha lanx Substantiv, feminin , die |Ph a lanx |die Phalanx; Genitiv: der Phalanx, Plural: die Phalangen lateinisch phalanx < griechisch phálagx, eigentlich = Balken, Baumstamm 1 (im antiken Griechenland ) tief gestaffelte, geschlossene Schlachtreihe besonders der Hopliten 2 bildungssprachlich geschlossene Front eine Phalanx bilden | in geschlossener Phalanx auftreten | figurativ es ist ihr gelungen, in die Phalanx der Spitzenpolitiker einzudringen 3 Medizin Finger- oder Zehenglied

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

phalanx

pha lanx /féɪlæŋ (k )s |fǽl -/名詞 複 ～es /-ɪz /, -langes /-dʒiːz /C 1 〖単複両扱い 〗(古代ギリシャの重歩兵の )密集方陣 ; (一般に )密集陣, 密集隊 .2 〖単複両扱い 〗(人 動物 物の )密集 ; 同志の結集 ▸ in phalanx 結束して 3 複 -langes 〘解剖 〙指骨, 趾骨 （しこつ ）.