| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | dec·a·gon |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d k  -g n |
| NOUN: | A polygon with ten angles and ten sides. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Medieval Latin decag num, from Greek dekagnon, from neuter of dekagnos, having ten angles : deka, ten; see dek in Appendix I + -gnos, angled; see –gon. | | OTHER FORMS: | de·cago·nal (d -k g-nl) —ADJECTIVE
de·cago·nal·ly —ADVERB
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