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<geometry> A plane figure having five angles, and, consequently, five sides; any figure having five angles. Regular pentagon, a pentagon in which the angles are all equal, and the sides all equal.
Origin: Gr.; (see Penta-) + gwnia angle: cf. L. Pentagonium, F. Pentagone.
(01 Mar 1998)
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