Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or being a decagon; having ten sides.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides.
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- adjective Shaped like a
decagon .
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Examples
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While traveling in Uzbekistan, Lu said, he noticed a 16th century Islamic building with decagonal motif tiling, arousing his curiosity as to the existence of quasicrystalline Islamic tilings.
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While traveling in Uzbekistan, Lu said, he noticed a 16th century Islamic building with decagonal motif tiling, arousing his curiosity as to the existence of quasicrystalline Islamic tilings.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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“Straight edges and compasses work fine for the recurring symmetries of the simplest patterns we see, but it probably required far more powerful tools to fully explain the elaborate tiling with decagonal 10-sided symmetry,” Mr Lu said.
Islamic artists were 500 years ahead of Western scientists 2007
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“Straight edges and compasses work fine for the recurring symmetries of the simplest patterns we see, but it probably required far more powerful tools to fully explain the elaborate tiling with decagonal 10-sided symmetry,” Mr Lu said.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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The mausoleum of Theodoric, a decagonal structure, covered with a great monolith thirty-six feet in diameter, is the monument that reveals Roman art in its purest form, at once austere and graceful.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The earliest example is probably that of Lincoln, decagonal in shape, which was built from 1240-1260.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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It was decagonal in plan, with a projecting buttress at each angle.
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The upper story is also decagonal, and is reached by a flight of modern stone steps.
Saunterings Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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The upper story is also decagonal, and is reached by a flight of modern stone steps.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Jules Rimet Trophy, was an 18-karat solid gold statuette of the winged goddess Nike holding aloft a decagonal cup.
Slate Magazine Will Oremus 2011
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