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pentagramme

pentagramme is the alternative form of pentagram.

Meaning of pentagram

Noun

pentagram (plural pentagrams)

  1. The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.
    • Prove that the circles so belonging to the 6 pentagrams formed by 6 lines meet in a point, and so on; the series of theorems being interminable.1871, W. J. C. Miller, editor, Mathematical Questions and Solutions, volume XV, page 47

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Forms of pentagramme

pluralpentagrammes

Questions about pentagramme

What is pentagramme the alternative form of?
Pentagramme is the alternative form of pentagram.

Words near pentagramme in the dictionary

  1. pentagonoid
  2. pentagonous
  3. pentagons
  4. pentagram
  5. pentagrammatic
  6. pentagramme
  7. pentagrammes
  8. pentagrammic
  9. pentagrams
  10. pentagraph
  11. pentagraphene

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