It was named after a pentagon, it wasn't the 'Pentagon' that named the 'pentagon'.
Because it's shaped like a pentagon. A pentagon is a five-sized shape.
Auriga
starfish and flowers
The Pentagon is a famous building that has an unusual shape, that of a pentagon or 5-sided polygon. But most buildings are shaped like polygons. It is just that they are shaped like rectangles and squares, which are also polygons.
The Pentagon in Washington is obviously shaped like a pentagon. Black shapes on soccer balls, some road signs and the home plate on a baseball field are all pentagonal shaped objects.
It was named after a pentagon, it wasn't the 'Pentagon' that named the 'pentagon'.
Because it's shaped like a pentagon. A pentagon is a five-sized shape.
Auriga
Stop sign?
starfish and flowers
The Pentagon is a famous building that has an unusual shape, that of a pentagon or 5-sided polygon. But most buildings are shaped like polygons. It is just that they are shaped like rectangles and squares, which are also polygons.
5 sided shapes
the pentagon
Pentagon/ school house
It is a pentagon, but not a regular pentagon- it is shaped like home plate for baseball or softfball.
A 5-sided shaped solid is called a pentagon in Geometry. It can either be a simple or a self-intersecting pentagon.