chiliagon
/ˈkɪliəɡən/
chiliagon noun: a polygon with a thousand vertices and a thousand edges.
Noun
chiliagon (plural chiliagons)
- A polygon with a thousand vertices and a thousand edges.
- If Kant's claim is just that it is impossible to have a sensory experience of the absence of space, then by contrast it is not impossible to have a sensory experience of a chiliagon.1995, Lorne Falkenstein, Kant's Intuitionism, Toronto, published 2004, page 198
- Synonyms:
- 1000-gon
Synonyms of chiliagon
Forms of chiliagon
| plural | chiliagons |
|---|
Origin of chiliagon
From Ancient Greek χιλιάγωνος (khiliágōnos), from χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”). Equivalent to chilia- + -gon.
Questions about chiliagon
- What does chiliagon mean?
- Chiliagon means a polygon with a thousand vertices and a thousand edges.
- What part of speech is chiliagon?
- Chiliagon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chiliagon?
- Chiliagon is pronounced /ˈkɪliəɡən/.
- What is the plural of chiliagon?
- The plural of chiliagon is chiliagons.
Words near chiliagon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chiliagon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-chiliagon.wav.
Cite this entry: “chiliagon.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/chiliagon. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.