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Quintessence may refer to:
Science
- 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
Music
- 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 (French band), a black metal band founded in 2005
- Quintessence (Borknagar album)
- Quintessence (Bill Evans album), 1976
- Quintessence (The Soil Bleeds Black album)
- The Quintessence, a 1962 album released by Quincy Jones and his orchestra
- "Quintessence", a song by Darkthrone, from the album Panzerfaust
- "Quintessence", a song by Mastodon, from the album Crack the Skye
- Quintessence Records, a budget label
Books
- Quintessence: The Quality of Having It, a 1983 book by Betty Cornfeld and Owen Edwards
- Quintessence: The Search for Missing Mass in the Universe, a 2000 nonfiction book by Lawrence M. Krauss
- Quintessence, a 2013 science fiction book by David Walton
- Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W. V. Quine, a collection of essays by Willard Van Orman Quine
Other
- Quintessence Films, a film production company
- Quintessence Editions Ltd., a publishing company based in London
- Quintessence (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse
- In DC Comics a group of cosmic beings who counsel one another, including (usually) Shazam, Zeus, Highfather, The Phantom Stranger, and Ganthet
See also
- Quintessenz, an Austrian on-line civil liberties advocacy organization
- Quintessons, fictional characters from the Transformers franchise
- Fifth Element (disambiguation)
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