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POLYGON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A closed plane figure bounded by straight sides

Synonyms:

polygon; polygonal shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("polygon" is a kind of...):

plane figure; two-dimensional figure (a two-dimensional shape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polygon"):

isogon (an equiangular polygon)

convex polygon (a polygon such that no side extended cuts any other side or vertex; it can be cut by a straight line in at most two points)

concave polygon (a polygon such that there is a straight line that cuts it in four or more points)

quadrangle; quadrilateral; tetragon (a four-sided polygon)

triangle; trigon; trilateral (a three-sided polygon)

pentagon (a five-sided polygon)

hexagon (a six-sided polygon)

heptagon (a seven-sided polygon)

octagon (an eight-sided polygon)

nonagon (a nine-sided polygon)

decagon (a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles)

undecagon (an eleven-sided polygon)

dodecagon (a twelve-sided polygon)

spherical polygon (a figure on the surface of a sphere bounded by arcs of 3 or more great circles)

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