亚洲网紅露点

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pentagon

[ pen-tuh-gon, -guhn ]

noun

  1. a polygon having five angles and five sides.
  2. the Pentagon,
    1. a building in Arlington, Virginia, having a plan in the form of a regular pentagon, containing most U.S. Defense Department offices.
    2. the U.S. Department of Defense; the U.S. military establishment.


Pentagon

1

/ 藞辫蓻苍迟蓹藢伞蓲苍 /

noun

  1. the five-sided building in Arlington, Virginia, that houses the headquarters of the US Department of Defense
  2. the military leadership of the US
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pentagon

2

/ 藞辫蓻苍迟蓹藢伞蓲苍; p蓻n藞t忙伞蓹n蓹l /

noun

  1. a polygon having five sides
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pentagon

  1. A polygon having five sides.

Pentagon

1
  1. An immense five-sided building in Virginia , just outside Washington, D.C. , that serves as headquarters for the Department of Defense .

pentagon

2
  1. A polygon having five sides.
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Notes

The term is often used to refer to the Department of Defense or the military: 鈥淭he Pentagon agreed today to submit the modified weapons plan to the president.鈥
The Pentagon was severely damaged by the September 11 attacks .
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Derived Forms

  • pentagonal, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫别苍路迟补驳路辞路苍补濒 [pen-, tag, -, uh, -nl], adjective
  • 辫别苍路迟补驳顎僶路苍补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 蝉耻产顎卲别苍路迟补驳顎僶路苍补濒 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pentagon1

1560鈥70; < Late Latin 辫别苍迟补驳艒苍耻尘 < Greek 辫别苍迟谩驳艒苍辞苍, noun use of neuter of 辫别苍迟谩驳艒苍辞蝉 five-angled. See penta-, -gon
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Instead of transporting prisoners to the town jail 鈥 known as 鈥渢he pentagon鈥 鈥 cops 鈥渨ould just turn them over to the Zetas,鈥 one police officer informed investigators.

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This process starts with the assembly of small, triangular parts into hexagons, which subsequently join up with pentagons to form the icosahedral structures of viral capsids.

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The vision involves developing human capital, the digital economy and inclusivity and sustainability, he said, referring to it as the "pentagon strategy".

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鈥淪aw a pentagon report saying that 鈪搑d of the force is being used to invade,鈥 he wrote.

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鈥淪aw a pentagon report saying that 鈪搑d of the force is being used to invade,鈥 the user wrote.

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