: a Chinese puzzle made by cutting a square of thin material into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid which are capable of being recombined in many different figures
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Examples of tangram in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThen came the writers’ strike, and the actors’ strike, and the tangram of the talents’ schedules and projects.—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024 Tangrams Plus Tangrams Plus is based on the ancient Chinese tangram puzzles.—cleveland, 16 Mar. 2020 Each branch has a set of large tangram blocks — interlocking pieces that can be built with and used as movable seats.—Katherine Nails, Philly.com, 21 June 2018 Math activities in the classroom featured the creation of math tangram puzzles, math scavenger hunts, math puzzles, etc.—Julie A. Short/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 29 Dec. 2017
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Etymology
perhaps from Chinese (Beijing) táng Chinese + English -gram
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