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pentathlon

Noun

pen=tath=lon

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pentathlon(n = noun.event) - an athletic contest consisting of five different events;

pentathlon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ; five + a contest.].

A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear. [1913 Webster]
In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest made up of a running broad jump, throwing the javelin, a 200-meter run, throwing the discus, and a 1500-meter run. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

pentathlon, n. an athletic event comprising five different events for each competitor.

Derivative

pentathlete n.

Etymology

Gk f. pente five + athlon contest

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