decagon

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Most of the list came from the state eighth grade curriculum: barometer, decagon, perpendicular .

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

The purpose of this problem is to prepare for the construction of the regular decagon and pentagon.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene

If we make the sides of this triangle equal to the radius of the given circle, then the base will be the side of the regular decagon inscribed in the circle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

The plan of the church was a decagon, within which six composite columns in the centre supported six semi-circular vaults.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

To construct a regular pentagon, we find it convenient first to construct a regular decagon.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various