pentagonal

Meanings

• noun

  A polygon with five sides and five vertices.

• adjective

  Relating to or having five sides.

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Variants

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pentagonal , pentagonally

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Etymology

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From the Greek word pente, meaning 'five', and gonon, meaning 'angle'.

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Trivia

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1. A regular pentagon can be constructed using a regular hexagon and a regular triangle.

2. The Pentagon building is the largest office building in the world by total area.

3. The Pentagon is not actually pentagonal in shape due to its rounded corners.

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Related Concepts

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1. Pentagram: A five-pointed star, which can be drawn within a pentagon.

2. Pentatonic scale: A musical scale consisting of five distinct pitches per octave.

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Culture

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The pentagon is a five-sided regular polygon, and is the shape of many pentagonal structures, including the Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia, which is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.

How to Memorize "pentagonal"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a regular pentagon by imagining five equilateral triangles meeting at their vertices.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the number five and the shape of a starfish.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Peter Piper Picked A Peck Of Pickled Peppers' to remember the order of the pentagon's vertices.

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