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ˈdɛk əˌgɒndecagon

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. decagonnoun

    a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles

Wiktionary

  1. decagonnoun

    A polygon with ten sides and ten angles.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Decagonnoun

    A plain figure in geometry, having ten sides and angles.

    Etymology: from δέϰα, ten, and γωνια, a corner.

Wikipedia

  1. Decagon

    In geometry, a decagon (from the Greek δέκα déka and γωνία gonía, "ten angles") is a ten-sided polygon or 10-gon. The total sum of the interior angles of a simple decagon is 144°. A self-intersecting regular decagon is known as a decagram.

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  1. decagon

    A decagon is a polygon with ten sides and ten angles. The term comes from the Greek words "deka" meaning ten and "gonia" meaning angle. The total of the interior angles of a decagon is 1440 degrees.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Decagonnoun

    a plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and angles equal

  2. Etymology: [Pref. deca- + Gr. a corner or angle: cf. F. dcagone.]

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  1. Decagon

    In geometry, a decagon is any polygon with ten sides and ten angles, and usually refers to a regular decagon, having all sides of equal length and each internal angle equal to 144°. Its Schläfli symbol is {10}.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Decagon

    dek′a-gon, n. a plane figure of ten angles and sides.—adj. Decag′onal. [Gr. deka, and gōnia, an angle.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. decagon

    A plane geometrical figure that has ten equal sides, and as many equal angles.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. decagon

    In fortification, is a polygon figure, having 10 sides, and as many angles; and if all the sides and angles be equal, it is called a regular decagon, and may be inscribed in a circle. The sides of a regular decagon are in power and length equal to the greatest segment of a hexagon, inscribed in the same circle and cut in extreme and mean proportion.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of decagon in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of decagon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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