pentagram

Summary

pentagram ranks in the top 0.61% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,145 views/month, #472 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• pentagram's based on is recorded as pentagon^[2].
• pentagram followed square star^[3].
• pentagram was followed by hexagram^[4].
• pentagram is a type of regular star polygon^[5].
• pentagram is a type of stellation^[6].
• pentagram is used for magic^[7].
• pentagram's Commons category is recorded as Pentagrams^[8].
• pentagram's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pentagrams^[9].
• pentagram's Commons gallery is recorded as Star pentagon^[10].
• pentagram's has facet polytope is recorded as edge^[11].
• pentagram's has facet polytope is recorded as vertex^[12].
• pentagram's has facet polytope is recorded as diagonal^[13].
• pentagram's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[14].
• pentagram's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[15].
• pentagram's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6^[16].
• pentagram's different from is recorded as cinquefoil knot^[17].
• pentagram's Schläfli symbol is recorded as {5/2}^[18].
• pentagram's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include regular star polygon^[5] and stellation^[6].

Use and Application

pentagram is used for magic^[7].

Influence

Things named for pentagram include The Devil's Star^[20], a literary work^[21], written by Jo Nesbø^[22].

Why It Matters

pentagram ranks in the top 0.61% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,145 views/month, #472 of 77,819).^[1] pentagram has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] pentagram is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]

Entities named for pentagram include The Devil's Star^[20], a literary work^[21], written by Jo Nesbø^[22].