"decagon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛ.kə.ɡɑn/ [US], /ˈdɛ.kə.ɡən/ [UK] Audio: En-ca-decagon.oga [Canada] Forms: decagons [plural]
Etymology: deca- + -gon Etymology templates: {{confix|en|deca|gon}} deca- + -gon Head templates: {{en-noun}} decagon (plural decagons)
  1. (geometry) A polygon with ten sides and ten angles. Wikipedia link: decagon Categories (topical): Geometry, Polygons, Ten Synonyms: 10-gon Related terms: decagonal, decagram, decangle Related terms (star shape): pentagram (5-pointed), hexagram (6-pointed), heptagram (7-pointed), octagram (8-pointed), nonagram (9-pointed), decagram (10-pointed) Translations (polygon with ten sides): δεκάγωνον (dekágōnon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), দশভুজ (dośobhuj) (Bengali), десетоъгъ́лник (desetoǎgǎ́lnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဒသဂံ (da.sa.gam) (Burmese), decàgon [masculine] (Catalan), 十邊形 (Chinese Mandarin), 十边形 (shíbiānxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), kymmenkulmio (Finnish), décagone [masculine] (French), ათკუთხედი (atḳutxedi) (Georgian), დეკაგონი (deḳagoni) (Georgian), Zehneck [neuter] (German), δεκάγωνο (dekágono) [neuter] (Greek), tízszög (Hungarian), tíhyrningur [masculine] (Icelandic), dekagono (Ido), decagono [masculine] (Italian), 十角形 (alt: じゅっかっけい, jukkakkei, じゅっかくけい, jukkakukei) (Japanese), 십각형 (sipgakhyeong) (Korean), он мююшлюк (on müyuşlük) (Kumyk), decagōnum [neuter] (Latin), десета́голник (desetágolnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), segi sepuluh (Malay), dasakona (Malay), dekagon (Malay), dziesięciokąt [masculine] (Polish), decágono [masculine] (Portuguese), десятиуго́льник (desjatiugólʹnik) [masculine] (Russian), декаго́н (dekagón) [masculine] (Russian), он толук (on toluk) (Southern Altai), decágono [masculine] (Spanish), pulsiha (Tagalog), สิบเหลี่ยม (sìp-lìiam) (Thai), десятикутник (desjatykutnyk) (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "polygon with ten sides",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "decágono"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "desjatiugólʹnik",
      "sense": "polygon with ten sides",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "десятиуго́льник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dekagón",
      "sense": "polygon with ten sides",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "декаго́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "on toluk",
      "sense": "polygon with ten sides",
      "word": "он толук"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "polygon with ten sides",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "decágono"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "polygon with ten sides",
      "word": "pulsiha"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sìp-lìiam",
      "sense": "polygon with ten sides",
      "word": "สิบเหลี่ยม"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "desjatykutnyk",
      "sense": "polygon with ten sides",
      "word": "десятикутник"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decagon"
}

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