IN MATH: 1. n. a five-sided polygon.

IN ENGLISH: 1. n. as defined above. 2. n. a famous military headquarters building near Washington, D.C., U.S.A. which has five exterior sides.

APPLICATION: See list 140

1. What's the measure of an angle of a regular pentagon?

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