Quint
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Persons with the surname Quint:
In literature:
- Quintinius VerginixQuintinius VerginixQuintinius Verginix is a fictional character from Paul Stewart's The Edge Chronicles.Usually referred to as Quint or, later, Cloud Wolf, Quint was a Knight Academic and a Sky Pirate Captain...
, a character from The Edge Chronicles book series - Quint, a shipmaker in the series of novels Spider Riders
- quint magazine, a Dubai based arts & culture magazine
- Peter Quint, a principal character in the novel The Turn of the ScrewThe Turn of the ScrewThe Turn of the Screw is a novella written by Henry James. Originally published in 1898, it is ostensibly a ghost story.Due to its ambiguous content, it became a favourite text of academics who subscribe to New Criticism. The novella has had differing interpretations, often mutually exclusive...
In music:
- A type of sackbutSackbutThe sackbut is a trombone from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, i.e., a musical instrument in the brass family similar to the trumpet except characterised by a telescopic slide with which the player varies the length of the tube to change pitches, thus allowing them to obtain chromaticism, as...
, a musical instrument - A free-bass system for the Accordion invented by Bill PalmerBill PalmerBill Palmer invented a 'quint' system which was later patented by Titano as used in their line of converter bass accordions.He made many written contributions to magazines for the promotion of the Piano Accordion, including Accordion World...
- A type of stop on a pipe organOrgan stopAn organ stop is a component of a pipe organ that admits pressurized air to a set of organ pipes. Its name comes from the fact that stops can be used selectively by the organist; some can be "on" , while others can be "off" .The term can also refer...
Vehicles and equipment:
- The Honda QuintHonda QuintThe Honda Quint is a subcompact car manufactured by Honda Motor Co. Ltd. of Japan. It was introduced in 1980 in Japan as an upscale Honda Civic 4-door hatchback, and joined the Honda Prelude, Honda Ballade, and Honda Vigor at the then newly established Japanese dealership sales channel called Honda...
, a subcompact car manufactured by Honda of Japan - Quint (fire apparatus)Quint (fire apparatus)A quintuple combination pumper or quint is a fire service apparatus that serves the dual purpose of an engine and a ladder truck. The name quint is derived from the Latin prefix quinque-, meaning five, and refers to the five functions that a quint provides: pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial...
- A tandem bicycleTandem bicycleThe tandem bicycle or twin is a form of bicycle designed to be ridden by more than one person. The term tandem refers to the seating arrangement , not the number of riders. A bike with two riders side-by-side is called a sociable.-History:Patents related to tandem bicycles date from the late 19th...
with five seats
In other topics:
- Quint (Jaws character), a character from Jaws
- Quint (fire apparatus)Quint (fire apparatus)A quintuple combination pumper or quint is a fire service apparatus that serves the dual purpose of an engine and a ladder truck. The name quint is derived from the Latin prefix quinque-, meaning five, and refers to the five functions that a quint provides: pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial...
, a piece of fire apparatus combining features of an engine and a ladder truck - Quint (Mega Man), an evil robot in the Mega Man game series
- Quinton Chamberlain, a character in the U.S. TV series Guiding Light
- Quint -, a numerical prefixNumerical prefixNumber prefixes are prefixes derived from numbers or numerals. In English and other European languages, they are used to coin numerous series of words, such as unicycle – bicycle – tricycle, dyad – triad – decade, biped – quadruped, September – October – November – December, decimal – hexadecimal,...
meaning five - A component of a graphical GUI scrollbar widget
- Quintuplets, born as part of a multiple birthMultiple birthA multiple birth occurs when more than one fetus is carried to term in a single pregnancy. Different names for multiple births are used, depending on the number of offspring. Common multiples are two and three, known as twins and triplets...
with five children
Persons with the surname Quint:
- Catherine Guy-QuintCatherine Guy-QuintCatherine Guy-Quint is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for central France. She is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the Committee on Budgets.She is also chair of the delegation to the EU–Bulgaria Joint...
, a French politician - Philippe QuintPhilippe Quint-Biography:Quint, whose surname is of Italian origin, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He studied at Moscow's Special Music School for the Gifted with Russian violinist Andrei Korsakov and made his orchestral debut at the age of nine. After emigrating to the United States in 1991, he earned both...
, a classical violinist - Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorCharles V, Holy Roman EmperorCharles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...
, also known as Charles Quint, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 to 1556