pentagon

Summary

pentagon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1]

Key Facts

• pentagon followed quadrilateral^[2].
• pentagon was followed by hexagon^[3].
• pentagon is a type of polygon^[4].
• pentagon is a type of pentatope^[5].
• pentagon's Commons category is recorded as Pentagons^[6].
• pentagon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pentagons^[7].
• pentagon's Commons gallery is recorded as Pentagon^[8].
• pentagon's has facet polytope is recorded as edge^[9].
• pentagon's has facet polytope is recorded as vertex^[10].
• pentagon's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[11].
• pentagon's has vertex figure is recorded as line segment^[12].
• pentagon's has part is recorded as edge^[13].
• pentagon's has part is recorded as vertex^[14].
• pentagon's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[15].
• pentagon's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include polygon^[4] and pentatope^[5].

Influence

Things named for pentagon include The Pentagon^[17], a headquarters^[18], in United States^[19], founded in 1941^[20] and pyritohedron^[21].

Why It Matters

pentagon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1] pentagon is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]

Entities named for pentagon include The Pentagon^[17], a headquarters^[18], in United States^[19], founded in 1941^[20] and pyritohedron^[21].