Definition of Tangrams

1. Noun. (plural of tangram) ¹

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Definition of Tangrams

1. tangram [n] - See also: tangram

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tangrams

tangliest
tangling
tanglingly
tanglings
tangly
tango
tangoed
tangoes
tangoing
tangoist
tangoists
tangolike
tangor
tangos
tangram
tangrams (current term)
tangs
tangue
tangun
tanguns
tangwhaup
tangy
tangyuan
tanh
tanha
tanhs
tanier
tanist
tanistries
tanistry

Literary usage of Tangrams

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1859)
"Geometry must be introduced by blocks and tangrams, and addressed to the imagination before it appeals to the reason. Botany and zoology must be begun in ..."

2. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1859)
"Geometry must be introduced by blocks and tangrams, and addressed to the imagination before it appeals to the reason. Botany »nd zoology must be begun in ..."

3. Pennsylvania School Journal by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Education Association, Pennsylvania Dept. of Common Schools (1879)
"... in the kindergarten manner, may be varied .by building with blocks and wooden bricks, playing with dissected maps, tangrams, and other puzzles. ..."

4. American Journal of Education (1876)
"Superficiality in education, 193. Superior instruction in France, 396. Syracuse, NY, educational convention at, 165. tangrams, in geometry, 191. ..."

5. A Treatise on the physical and medical treatment of children by William Dewees (1858)
"To children of proper age, dissected maps, and Chinese puzzles, or tangrams, are very acceptable, and highly useful; they exercise the memory, ..."

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