polygon
noun
a figure, especially a closed plane figure, having three or more, usually straight, sides.
polygons
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pluralof polygon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"We've seen a lot of fascinating landscapes through Curiosity's eyes, but this sea of polygons took our breath away," said the mission's project scientist, Ashwin Vasavada of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Vast polygons mark forest concessions covering 11 million hectares in the DRC, some of which exist only on paper.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
The interface showed purple cow icons confined within red polygons — virtual fences that shock the cattle via collars should they stray.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
But on rare occasions, designers choose to build their interactive worlds not from pixels and polygons but from physical materials like cardboard and clay.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
There were known to be five regular or “platonic” solids, whose sides were regular polygons, as known to the ancient Greek mathematicians after the time of Pythagoras.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
