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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 345 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PHALANX (Gr. /&Xa'y, , of unknown origin)  , the name, in
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Greek
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history of the arrangement of heavy-armed
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infantry in a single
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close
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mass of spearmen (see
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ARMY: History) . In
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anatomy, the Latin plural phalanges is the
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term applied to the bones of the
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finger and toe, and in
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botany to a
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group of
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united stamen clusters . The term "
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phalanx " was adopted by F . C . M .

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