different between pentalpha vs pentagram

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (péntalpha), from ????? (pente) and ???? (alpha), five alphas. So called for its resemblance to five alphas superimposed at different rotations.

Noun

pentalpha (plural pentalphas)

1. A pentagram.

Synonyms

• pentagram
• pentangle

See also

• Wikipedia article on pentagrams

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