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tangram definition

tan·gram (taŋ′grəm; tan′gram′)

noun

a Chinese puzzle made by cutting a square into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, and using these pieces to form various figures and designs

Etymology: prob. arbitrary coinage on analogy of anagram

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