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Their atoms arrange themselves into chains of pentagons, decagons and other shapes to form patterns that never quite repeat.—Patchen Barss, Quanta Magazine, 18 Aug. 2025
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Etymology
New Latin decagonum, from Greek dekagōnon, from deka- deca- + -gōnon -gon
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