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polygon

[ pol-ee-gon ]

noun

  1. a figure, especially a closed plane figure, having three or more, usually straight, sides.


polygon

/ pəˈlɪɡənəl; ˈpɒlɪˌɡɒn /

noun

  1. a closed plane figure bounded by three or more straight sides that meet in pairs in the same number of vertices, and do not intersect other than at these vertices. The sum of the interior angles is ( n –2) × 180° for n sides; the sum of the exterior angles is 360°. A regular polygon has all its sides and angles equal. Specific polygons are named according to the number of sides, such as triangle, pentagon, etc
“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


polygon

/ pŏlē-gŏn′ /

  1. A closed plane figure having three or more sides. Triangles, rectangles, and octagons are all examples of polygons.
  2. ◆ A regular polygon is a polygon all of whose sides are the same length and all of whose interior angles are the same measure.


polygon

  1. In geometry , a closed figure having three or more sides and lying on one plane .


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Derived Forms

  • polygonal, adjective
  • poˈlygonally, adverb
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Other Words From

  • po·lyg·o·nal [p, uh, -, lig, -, uh, -nl], adjective
  • po·lygo·nal·ly adverb
  • subpo·lygo·nal adjective
  • subpo·lygo·nal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of polygon1

First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin polygōnum, from Greek polýgōnon, noun use of neuter of polýgōnos “many-angled”; poly-, -gon
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Word History and Origins

Origin of polygon1

C16: via Latin from Greek polugōnon figure with many angles
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Example Sentences

Part of the process is seeing that unfold, seeing how communities of interest identify their members, the polygon that contains their community and how they define that.

Everything in a game will look just a little more realistic, like they’re actual objects instead of well-made polygons.

The red polygon is one of a series of tornado warning boxes issued by the Weather Service.

While technical shortcomings such as broken polygons or low-resolution textures are clear indicators of “poor graphics,” ultimately what is “good” comes down to taste.

I didn’t even have to sit through countless rubble-cities and the eternal melodrama and the endless wisecracking and the infinite polygons.

For longer bridges the funicular polygon affords a method of determining maximum bending moments which is perhaps more convenient.

Fig. 69 b is the polygon of external forces, and 69 c is half the reciprocal figure.

The regiment had evacuated Polygon Wood on the night of the third.

It is the most northern part of Central America, in shape like a polygon, with the southern side the longest.

The term polygon is applied to figures having flat sides equidistant from a common centre.

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