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    POLYGONAL SHAPE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A closed plane figure bounded by straight sidesplay

    Synonyms:

    polygon; polygonal shape

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

    Hypernyms ("polygonal shape" is a kind of...):

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

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

    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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