pen|ta|gram

pen|ta|gram
pen|ta|gram «PEHN tuh gram», noun.
1. a five-pointed star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet, used as a mystic or magic symbol; pentacle, pentalpha, or pentangle.
2. Mathematics. a figure of five lines connecting five points.
[< Greek pentágrammon (literally) a figure of five lines < pénte five + grámma -gram1]

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