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polygon
[ pol-ee-gon ]
noun
- a figure, especially a closed plane figure, having three or more, usually straight, sides.
polygon
/ pəˈlɪɡənəl; ˈpɒlɪˌɡɒn /
noun
- 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
polygon
/ pŏl′ē-gŏn′ /
- A closed plane figure having three or more sides. Triangles, rectangles, and octagons are all examples of polygons.
- ◆ A regular polygon is a polygon all of whose sides are the same length and all of whose interior angles are the same measure.
Derived Forms
- polygonal, adjective
- poˈlygonally, adverb
Other Words From
- po·lyg·o·nal [p, uh, -, lig, -, uh, -nl], adjective
- po·lygo·nal·ly adverb
- subpo·lygo·nal adjective
- subpo·lygo·nal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of polygon1
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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