different between hexagon vs pentagram

English

Etymology

From Latin hexag?num, from Ancient Greek ???????? (hexág?non); surface analysis hexa- +? -gon.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: h?k's?g?n, IPA^(key): /?h?k.s?.??n/
• (US) enPR: h?k's?g?n, IPA^(key): /?h?k.s?.??n/

Noun

hexagon (plural hexagons)

1. (geometry) A polygon with six sides and six angles.

Synonyms

• sexagon
• sexangle

Derived terms

• hexagonal
• Lemoine hexagon
• Tucker hexagon

Translations

References

Romanian

Etymology

From French hexagone

Noun

hexagon n (plural hexagoane)

1. hexagon

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• pentagramme (rare, archaic)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????????? (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives ???????????? (pentágrammos) and ???????????? (pentégrammos, “five-lined, having five lines”). Equivalent to penta- + gram.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pen?ta?gram

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.
   • 1871, W. J. C. Miller (editor), Mathematical Questions and Solutions, Volume XV, page 47,

     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.

Synonyms

• pentacle
• pentalpha
• pentangle

Holonyms

• pentacle

Related terms

• pentagon
• hexagon
• hexagram

Translations

Danish

Noun

pentagram n (singular definite pentagrammet, plural indefinite pentagrammer)

1. pentagram

Declension

Synonyms

• drudefod c

Swedish

Noun

pentagram n

1. pentagram

Declension

Anagrams

• matpengar