How to Use decagon in a Sentence
decagon
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Each of the decagon's 10 sides measures more than 10,000 miles long.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
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Unlike the hexagon, whose sides and points have remained equally dark for decades, the decagon varies in darkness across its features.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026
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While it was theorized that a similar wave may be present over the south pole, the decagon seems to have formed more recently.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026
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Hubble images from 2023 revealed the decagon to scientists for the first time.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026
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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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Now, a new enigmatic 10-sided feature known as the decagon has been spotted swirling on the complete opposite side of the ringed planet.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
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Both sit on jet streams, but the hexagon is practically stationary whereas the decagon migrates eastward at a tame 6 mph (10 kph).
—ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
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Looking closely at the images, some of the lines of the decagon appear quite fuzzy, which leads Sánchez-Lavega to believe the wave is unstable or still evolving.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026
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The scientists also want to gain a more detailed understanding of the three-dimensional structure of the decagon's clouds, hazes, winds and temperatures.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026
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The feature, known as a decagon, is a weather phenomenon that NASA described as an atmospheric wave.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
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Additional study of the hexagon and now a decagon could help astronomers compare formations on the opposite ends of Saturn and learn more about a gas giant's weather patterns, according to NASA.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
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Similarly, experiments that Sanchez-Lavega and his colleagues performed with computer simulations of currents in shallow water suggest the decagon formed because of a meandering wave trapped by a curving atmospheric jet.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026
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The newfound decagon is about 104,250 miles (167,820 kilometers) wide, with each of its 10 sides measuring about 10,425 miles (16,782 km) long.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026
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