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POLYGON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
Synonyms:
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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