五角形(ごかくけい)

ごかくけい
noun
pentagon (shape)
academicsciencenumber
1. pentagon; five-sided figure
A polygon with five sides and five angles. Also read ごかっけい in speech. The U.S. Department of Defense building is called ペンタゴン, not 五角形(ごかくけい).
正五角形(せいごかくけい)を描(か)く。
To draw a regular pentagon.
五角形(ごかくけい)の内角(ないかく)の和(わ)は五百四十度(ごひゃくよんじゅうど)だ。
The interior angles of a pentagon add up to 540 degrees.
The surface of a soccer ball is made of pentagons and hexagons fitted together.

One of the series of shape words built on 〜角形(かくけい): 三角形(さんかくけい), 四角形(しかくけい), 五角形(ごかくけい), 六角形(ろっかくけい). School maths uses ごかくけい; ごかっけい is common in casual speech.

Common expressions

  • 正五角形(せいごかくけい): regular pentagon
  • 五角形(ごかくけい)の建物(たてもの): a five-sided building

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