megagon

English

Etymology

mega- +‎ -gon

Pronunciation

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Noun

megagon (plural megagons)

1. A polygon with one million sides.
   • 1999, Mark Dugopolski, College Algebra and Trigonometry, page 505:

     Find the constant of proportionality for a decagon, kilogon, and megagon.

   • 2003, Stan Gibilisco, Geometry Demystified:

     […] 1000000 sides (a "regular megagon") […]

   • 2007, Arthur Greenberg, From Alchemy to Chemistry in Picture and Story:

     A megagon is close to the perfection of a circle — a kind of generational transmutation.

Synonyms

• 1.000.000-gon

Translations

1.000.000-sided polygon

• Finnish: 1000000-kulmio (miljoonakulmio)
• French: mégagone m
• German: Millioneneck n, 1000000-Eck n
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: milionokąt m
• Portuguese: megágono n
• Russian: миллионоугольник m (millionougolʹnik)
• Slovene: milijonkotnik
• Swedish: megagon c