Pen"ta*gon (?), n. [Gr. ; (see Penta-) + gwni`a angle: cf. L. pentagonium, F. pentagone.] Geom.

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.

 

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