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pentagon — PENTAGÓN, pentagoane, s.n. (mat.) Poligon plan cu cinci laturi şi cinci unghiuri. – Din fr. pentagone, germ. Pentagon, lat. pentagonus. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 PENTAGÓN s. (geom.) (înv.) cinciunghi … Dicționar Român
Pentagon — 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. [1913 Webster] {Regular pentagon}, a pentagon in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pentagon — (n.) plane figure with five angles and five sides, 1560s, from M.Fr. pentagone, from L.L. pentagonum pentagon, from Gk. pentagonon, properly neuter of adjective pentagonos five angled, from pente five (see FIVE (Cf. five)) + gonia angle (see KNEE … Etymology dictionary
pentagon — pȅntagōn m DEFINICIJA 1. mat. peterokut 2. (Pentagon) a. peterokutna zgrada blizu Washingtona u kojoj su uredi Ministarstva obrane SAD a b. meton. glavni stožer vojske Sjedinjenih Američkih Država ETIMOLOGIJA penta + gon1 … Hrvatski jezični portal
pentagon — ► NOUN 1) a plane figure with five straight sides and five angles. 2) (the Pentagon) the headquarters of the US Department of Defense, near Washington DC. DERIVATIVES pentagonal adjective … English terms dictionary
pentagon — [pen′tə gän΄] n. [L pentagonum < Gr pentagōnon: see PENTA & GON] a plane figure with five angles and five sides ☆ the Pentagon a five sided building in Arlington, Va., in which the main offices of the U.S. Department of Defense are located;… … English World dictionary
Pentagon — (v. gr.), Fünfeck … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Pentagōn — (griech.), s. Fünfeck … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Pentagon — Pentagōn (grch.), Fünfeck; Pentagondodekaēder, s. Dodekaeder [Abb. 435 b]; Pentagonikositetraēder, hemiëdrische Kristallform des regulären Systems, von 24 unregelmäßigen Fünfecken begrenzt … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
pentagon — n a flat shape with five sides and five angles >pentagonal [penˈtægənəl] adj … Dictionary of contemporary English
Pentagon — In geometry, a pentagon is any five sided polygon. A pentagon may be simple or self intersecting. The internal angles in a simple pentagon total 540°. Regular pentagons The term pentagon is commonly used to mean a regular convex pentagon, where… … Wikipedia
