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Definitions of phalanx in various dictionaries:
noun - any of the bones of the fingers or toes
noun - any closely ranked crowd of people
noun - a body of troops in close array
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| Alexander grouped his infantry into these formations from the Greek for finger or toe bone |
| (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Under Alexander the Great, the first five ranks in this military formation whose name comes from the Greek for "finger" held spears facing forward, while the rear rows likely held them aloft |
| The famous formation of Greek foot soldiers who carried spears up to 20 feet long |
| A military term:phalanges |
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| a body of troops or police officers standing or moving in close formation. |
| a large group of people standing very close to each other, usually for the purposes of defence or attack: |
| any one of the small bones of the fingers and toes: |
| any of the bones (or phalanges) of the fingers or toes |
| a body of troops in close array |
| any closely ranked crowd of people |
| A compact or close-knit body of people: "formed a solid phalanx in defense of the Constitution and Protestant religion ( G.M. Trevelyan). |
| A formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears, developed by Philip II of Macedon and used by Alexander the Great. |
| Anatomy A bone of a finger or toe. Also called phalange. |
| See phalanstery. |
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The phalanx (Ancient Greek: ; plural phalanxes or phalanges, , phalanges) was a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar weapons. The term is particularly (and originally) used to describe the use of this formation in Ancient Greek warfare, although the ancient Greek writers used it to also describe any massed infantry formation, regardless of its equipment, as does Arrian in his Array against the Alans when he refers to his legions. In Greek texts, the phalanx may be deployed for battle, on the march, even camped, thus describing the mass of infantry or cavalry that would deploy in line during battle. They marched forward as one entity. * The term itself, as used today, does not refer to a distinctive military unit or division (e.g., the Roman legion or the contemporary Western-type battalion), but to the general formation of an army's troops. Thus a phalanx does not have a standard combat strength o |