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Definition of decagon in English: decagonnoun ˈdɛkəɡ(ə)nˈdɛkəˌɡɑn A plane figure with ten straight sides and angles. Example sentencesExamples - How much more sacred than our triangle would be a square, a pentagon, a decagon, a figure with a hundred sides?
- Decagons Here is a decagon - a 10-sided regular polygon with all its angles equal and all its sides the same length - which has been divided into 10 triangles.
- A thin diamond and a thick one form an endlessly interlocking field of five-pointed stars and decagons, sort of like a mildly psychedelic bathroom tile.
- You can buy 10-sided dice (bi-pyramids) or else you can cut out a decagon (a 10-sided polygon with all sides the same length) from card and label the sides from to 9.
Origin Mid 17th century: via medieval Latin from Greek dekagōnon, neuter (used as a noun) of dekagōnos 'ten-angled'. Definition of decagon in US English: decagonnounˈdekəˌɡänˈdɛkəˌɡɑn A plane figure with ten straight sides and angles. Example sentencesExamples - A thin diamond and a thick one form an endlessly interlocking field of five-pointed stars and decagons, sort of like a mildly psychedelic bathroom tile.
- How much more sacred than our triangle would be a square, a pentagon, a decagon, a figure with a hundred sides?
- Decagons Here is a decagon - a 10-sided regular polygon with all its angles equal and all its sides the same length - which has been divided into 10 triangles.
- You can buy 10-sided dice (bi-pyramids) or else you can cut out a decagon (a 10-sided polygon with all sides the same length) from card and label the sides from to 9.
Origin Mid 17th century: via medieval Latin from Greek dekagōnon, neuter (used as a noun) of dekagōnos ‘ten-angled’. |