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- The Transformers characters are spelled Quintessons.
Quintessence, literally fifth essence (from Latin quinta essentia), can refer to:
- Aether (classical element), the fifth classical element after earth, fire, water, and air
- Quintessence (physics), a hypothetical form of dark energy; postulated to explain the accelerating universe
- Quintessence (English band), a 1970s progressive rock band specializing in Indian themes and sounds
- Quintessence (Finnish band), a Nu soul band led by singer Emma Salokoski
- Quintessence (Borknagar album)
- Quintessence (The Soil Bleeds Black album)
- Quintessenz (German for quintessence), an Austrian on-line civil liberties advocacy organization
- "Quintessence", from the Mage: the Ascension role-playing game series; a fundamental form of energy
- In the game Fire Emblem, quintessence is the name given to the life force of living beings
- In DC Comics, the Quintessence is a group of cosmic beings who counsel one another, including (usually) Shazam, Zeus, Highfather, The Phantom Stranger, and Ganthet.
- "Quintessence", the title of a Salvation Army brass band composition written by Robert Readhead for the Melbourne Staff Band to perform at the 1978 Salvation Army International Congress
- A song from the Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone's Album Panzerfaust
- A collection of essays by W. V. Quine, edited by Robert F. Gibson, Jr.
- Quintessence Editions Ltd. are the originators of the highly successful 1001 Before You Die series
- Quintessence (Song), a song on the Grammy-nominated heavy metal band Mastodon's fourth studio album, Crack The Skye.
- A book of the fictious english writer Neil Winterwood, character of brazilian writer Rita Maria Felix da Silva's tales. In "Quintessence" Neil, who is descendant of Sir James Winterwood, debates about what could be "the secret of the universe".
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