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tangram

[ tang-gruhm ]

noun

  1. 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.


tangram

/ ˈæŋɡæ /

noun

  1. a Chinese puzzle in which a square, cut into a parallelogram, a square, and five triangles, is formed into figures
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of tangram1

1860–65; tang-, perhaps < Chinese áԲ T'ang, i.e., Chinese + -gram 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tangram1

C19: perhaps from Chinese t'ang Chinese + -gram
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Also included are seven tangram puzzle pieces, which you can scan into special puzzles and play with both digitally and physically.

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Image: Amazon Amazon will similarly sell add-on packs for the Glow, and the company uses the included tangrams as an example of what to expect.

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Those activities are building bridges for the hex bugs, creating mazes for the hex bugs, building rockets out of straws, painting with a pendulum and putting together paper puzzles called tangrams.

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Today’s challenges are twofold: first, solve the tangrams in this column below.

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When I drove every twist of that district, I was intrigued by an assortment of tangram shapes at its very crown, a tumor growing from the snake’s head.

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