Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In echinoderms, the nerve-ring, which connects the five ambulacral nerves.
- Having five corners or angles. Also
pentagonous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having five corners or angles.
- adjective See
Dodecahedron , andPyritohedron .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, relating to, or shaped like a
pentagon
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon
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Examples
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Occupying the whole southern face of the pentagonal was the sole window -- an immense sheet of unbroken glass from Venice -- a single pane, and tinted of a leaden hue, so that the rays of either the sun or moon passing through it, fell with a ghastly luster on the objects within.
Famous Modern Ghost Stories Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev 1895
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The towers were pentagonal, giving overlapping fields of view—or fields of fire, Scotty thought darkly—along the walls to either side.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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Located on the water in a nature preserve area near Wailea, the pentagonal home has several outdoor decks overlooking the coastline.
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The towers were pentagonal, giving overlapping fields of view—or fields of fire, Scotty thought darkly—along the walls to either side.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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They reported gold, blue, green, orange, and red colored globes flitting about in a pentagonal shape that seemed to rotate about a central axis.
Foo Fighters Hugh Barlow 2011
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Located on the water in a nature preserve area near Wailea, the pentagonal home has several outdoor decks overlooking the coastline.
Private Properties 2012
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Unlike most Mongolian shields, which were circular, this one was pentagonal and constructed of iron.
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010
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He reached down and took the pentagonal shield from the skeleton.
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010
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Here Paul Leonard has taken that throwaway line and constructed one of the best alien cultures I've ever read around it; reminiscent a little of both the pentagonal creatures of At the Mountains of Madness (though a lot less evil) and David Brin's Alvin the Hoon, but faced with an imminent world-destroying tragedy - this is Venus of several billion years ago, still habitable though steadily deteriorating.
March Books 40) [In Search of Lost Time #5] The Prisoner and The Fugitive nwhyte 2008
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He was dressed in leather-and-bronze armor, a sturdy helmet, and he held in one hand a pentagonal shield, covered in studs and raised images.
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010
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