Definition of pentagon Pentagon

/pɛˈntɪgɑˌn/ - [pentigan] - Pen•ta•gon

We found 11 definitions of pentagon from 9 different sources.

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What does pentagon mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: pentagons

pentagon - the United States military establishment
  bureaucratism, bureaucracy any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
pentagon - a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
pentagon - a five-sided polygon
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • pentagon (Noun)
    A polygon with five sides and five angles.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • pentagon (n.)
    A plane figure having five angles, and, consequently, five sides; any figure having five angles.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • pentagon
    A polygon with five sides.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • pentagon
    pen′ta-gon, n. (geom.) a plane figure having five angles and five sides: a fort with five bastions.—adj. Pentag′onal.—adv. Pentag′onally. [Gr. pentagōnonpente, five, gōnia, angle.] Pentagon.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book

  • pentagon
    A right-lined figure of five equal sides and angles.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • pentagon
    In fortification, a figure bounded by five sides, which form so many angles, capable of being fortified with an equal number of bastions. It also denotes a fort with five bastions.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • A Pentagon is a polygon with 5 edges.

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