Definition of Pentangular

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon.

Exact synonyms: Pentagonal
Partainyms: Pentagon, Pentagon

Definition of Pentangular

1. a. Having five corners or angles.

Definition of Pentangular

1. Adjective. Having five corners or angles. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pentangular

pentametre
pentametric
pentamidine
pentamidine isethionate
pentamidines
pentamirror
pentamolybdate
pentandria
pentandrous
pentane
pentanediol
pentanedithiol
pentanes
pentangle
pentangles
pentangular (current term)
pentanitride
pentanitrides
pentanoic
pentanoic acid
pentanol
pentanols
pentanones
pentanuclear
pentaoxide
pentaoxides
pentaoxolane
pentapeptide
pentapeptides
pentapetalous

Literary usage of Pentangular

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Debaters' Manual by Edith M. Phelps (1922)
"Contract for a pentangular League A constitution or contract for a debating league of five institutions can be modeled for the most part on the contract for ..."

2. The Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal by William Whewell, Duncan Farquharson Gregory, Robert Leslie Ellis, William Thomson Kelvin, Norman Macleod Ferrers (1852)
"Hence the pentangular hexahedra have three angular points F, G, H, and one diagonal plane FGH (or S = 0) common ; also their other angles coincide with ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1858)
"... more or less quadrilateral, or rather pentangular, about twice as long as broad ... which are excavated to receive it; the sixth also pentangular, ..."

4. Intercollegiate Debates edited by Paul Martin Pearson, Egbert Ray Nichols (1916)
"pentangular — with Minnesota Colleges. Carleton met Gus- tavus Adolphus and ... pentangular with Minnesota Colleges. (See Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges. ..."

5. The Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal (1852)
"Since the equations (15) coincide with the equations (1), we see that the faces of a pentangular hexahedron, and those of a ..."

6. Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1866)
"Body pentangular, flat above and below. Back and oral surface protected by ... Flat, dark red, pentangular; rays rounded at the end, about one-third the ..."

7. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1887)
"... pentangular in position, but incomplete, the outer nervure hyaline or wanting; ... or when present not in a pentangular form . ..."

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