pentagram
Noun
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Noun
pentagram (plural pentagrams)
- The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.
- 1871, W. J. C. Miller (editor), Mathematical Questions and Solutions, Volume XV, page 47 ↗,
- Prove that the circles so belonging to the 6 pentagrams formed by 6 lines meet in a point, and so on; the series of theorems being interminable.
- 1871, W. J. C. Miller (editor), Mathematical Questions and Solutions, Volume XV, page 47 ↗,
- French: pentagramme
- German: Pentagramm
- Italian: pentagramma
- Portuguese: pentagrama
- Russian: пентагра́мма
- Spanish: pentagrama
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