NOUN | shape | polygon, polygonal shape | a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides |
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Sounds | paa'lihgaa.n; paa'liygaa.n | |
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Rhymes | Abidjan ... Yukon: 149 rhymes with aan... |
Meaning | A closed plane figure bounded by straight sides. | |
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Synonym | polygonal shape | |
Narrower | concave polygon | A polygon such that there is a straight line that cuts it in four or more points |
convex polygon | A polygon such that no side extended cuts any other side or vertex | |
decagon | A polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles | |
dodecagon | A twelve-sided polygon | |
heptagon | A seven-sided polygon | |
hexagon | A six-sided polygon | |
isogon | An equiangular polygon | |
nonagon | A nine-sided polygon | |
octagon | An eight-sided polygon | |
pentagon | A five-sided polygon | |
quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon | A four-sided polygon | |
spherical polygon | A figure on the surface of a sphere bounded by arcs of 3 or more great circles | |
triangle, trigon, trilateral | A three-sided polygon | |
undecagon | An eleven-sided polygon | |
Broader | plane figure, two-dimensional figure | A two-dimensional shape |
Spanish | forma poligonal, polígono | |
Catalan | forma poligonal, polígon | |
Adjectives | polygonal | having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons |
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