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quinquangle

/ˈkwɪŋˌkwæŋɡəl/

quinquangle noun: synonym of pentagon (“a polygon with five sides and five angles”).

Noun

quinquangle

  1. (archaic) Synonym of pentagon (“a polygon with five sides and five angles”).
    • And from hence also shall be the geodesy of the Icosaedrum. For the finding out of the heighth of the pyramis, there is the semidiagony of the side of the decangle and the halfe ray of the circle: But the side of the decangle is a right line subtending the halfe periphery of the side of the...1636, Peter Ramus, translated by Peter Bedwell, The Way To Geometry: [Being Necessary and Usefull for Astronomers, Enginees, Geographers,. Architects, Land-meaters, Carpenters, Sea-men & Etc.], pages...
    • It is about 2,500 yards in circuit, is built of red stone, and, according to Von Orlich, is now " a bastioned quinquangle ; the ancient walls with semicircular bastions face the two streams ; the land side is quite regular, and consists of two bastions, and a half-bastion with three ravelins," and...1858, Edward Thornton, A Gazetteer of the Territories Under the Government of the East India Company and of the Native States on the Continent of India, W. H. Allen & Co., page 22
    Synonyms:
    pentagon

Synonyms of quinquangle

Origin of quinquangle

From Late Latin quīnquangulum, use as noun of neuter of quīnquangulus (“pentagonal”). By surface analysis, quinqu- + -angle.

Words that rhyme with quinquangle

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Questions about quinquangle

What does quinquangle mean?
Quinquangle means synonym of pentagon (“a polygon with five sides and five angles”).
What part of speech is quinquangle?
Quinquangle is a noun.
How do you pronounce quinquangle?
Quinquangle is pronounced /ˈkwɪŋˌkwæŋɡəl/.

Words near quinquangle in the dictionary

  1. quinquagene
  2. quinquagenes
  3. Quinquagesima
  4. quinquagesimal
  5. quinquagintillion
  6. quinquangle
  7. quinquangular
  8. quinquarticular
  9. Quinquatria
  10. Quinquatrian
  11. Quinquatrias

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