pentangularadj.
/pɛnˈtaŋɡjᵿlə/, U.S. /pɛnˈtæŋɡjələr/ Having five angles or angular points; pentagonal.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > polygonal > pentagonal
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Pentagonian1598
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > two-dimensional > pentagonal
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pentagonal?a1560
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pentelater1571
quinquangle1590
Pentagonian1598
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pentangular1661
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pentagonoid1882
1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry i. 44 The Mullet points are all strait and pentangular.
1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks i. i. 3 A great number of Vesiculae; being pentangular, sexangular, and septangular.
1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xviii. 187 Those pentangular divisions which characterize the back of the sea-tortoise.
1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks x. 381 It was of a pentangular shape with a bastion tower at each angle.
1926 Amer. Midland Naturalist 10 6 The achenium is narrowly turbinate, of a black colour, most frequently pentangular, and hispid along the ridges.
1985 Times 29 July 3/2 The shrine consists of a stone-paved platform, pentangular in plan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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