"pentagraph" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pentagraphs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pentagraph (plural pentagraphs)
  1. A device used in surveying composed of four flat, straight brass rules, two of which are long and are connected by a double pivot at the end to create a V shape, and two of which are short and joined by a double pivot to create another V shape pointed away from the first, with the other ends of the short rules connected at the halfway mark of the long rules, so that the entire figure creates a parallelogram.
    Sense id: en-pentagraph-en-noun-Iu0fD-qd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 18 30
  2. (linguistics) A specific sequence of five letters, especially one used collectively to represent a single phoneme. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-pentagraph-en-noun-TyZeUrDe Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (computing) A five-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-pentagraph-en-noun-ikrWMR4H Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pantograph (english: meaning 1) Related terms: digraph, trigraph, tetragraph, hexagraph, heptagraph, octagraph, monophthong, diphthong, triphthong, ligature

Inflected forms

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