polygon
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- (UK) IPA: /ˈpɒlɪɡən/, SAMPA: /"pQlIg@n/
- (US) enPR: pälʹē-gän, IPA: /ˈpɑliɡɑn/, SAMPA: /"pAligAn/
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[edit] Etymology
Ancient Greek πολύγωνον (polygōnon) < πολύς (polus), “‘many’”) and γωνία (gōnia), “‘angle’”); compare French polygone
[edit] Noun
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polygon (plural polygons)
- (geometry) A plane figure bounded by straight edges.
- (geometry) The boundary of such a figure.
- (geometry, more generally) A figure comprising vertices and (not necessarily straight) edges, alternatingly.
- (geometry) Such a figure and its interior, taken as a whole.
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- See also Wikisaurus:polygon
[edit] Translations
plane figure bounded by straight edges
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[edit] Noun
polygon c (plural polygoner, definite singular polygonen, definite plural polygonerna)