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单词 tangram
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tangram

[ tang-gruhm ]
/ ˈtæŋ grəm /

noun

a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.

Origin of tangram

1860–65; tang-, perhaps <Chinese TángT'ang, i.e., Chinese + -gram1

Words nearby tangram

tangled, Tanglewood, tango, tangor, tangoreceptor, tangram, Tangshan, Tanguy, tangy, tanh, Tanimbar Islands
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Example sentences from the Web for tangram

  • One remarkable thing about these Tangram pictures is that they suggest to the imagination such a lot that is not really there.

    Amusements in Mathematics|Henry Ernest Dudeney
  • Tangram, tan′gram, n. a Chinese puzzle, consisting of a square of wood cut into seven pieces of various shapes.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tangram

tangram
/ (ˈtæŋɡræm) /

noun

a Chinese puzzle in which a square, cut into a parallelogram, a square, and five triangles, is formed into figures

Word Origin for tangram

C19: perhaps from Chinese t'ang Chinese + -gram
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