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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pentagon  \Pen"ta*gon\,  n.  [Gr.  ?;  ?  (see  {Penta-})  +  gwni`a 
  angle:  cf  L.  pentagonium  F.  pentagone.]  (Geom.) 
  A  plane  figure  having  five  angles,  and  consequently,  five 
  sides;  any  figure  having  five  angles. 
 
  {Regular  pentagon},  a  pentagon  in  which  the  angles  are  all 
  equal,  and  the  sides  all  equal. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Pentagon 
  n  1:  a  five-sided  building  that  serves  as  the  headquarters  of  the 
  United  States  Department  of  Defense  [syn:  {Pentagon}] 
  2:  the  US  military  establishment  [syn:  {Pentagon}] 
  3:  a  five-sided  polygon 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Pentagon,  DC 
  Zip  code(s):  20301 




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