Pentagram

Definitions

1. The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.
2. Synonym of the Pentagon.
   Internet, derogatory

Equivalents

Examples

“Prove⟳ that the circles so belonging to the 6 pentagrams formed by 6 lines meet⟳ in a point⟳, and so on; the series of theorems being interminable.”

“The passive pentagrams of spirit are drawn first in the quarters of the passive elements—water and earth—and likewise followed by the appropriate traditional elemental pentagram.”

“Four figures involve⟳ 12 pentagrams arranged as in the faces of a dodecahedron with their vertices touching.”

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