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hectagon

hectagon is the alternative form of hectogon.

hectagon is the misspelling of hexagon.

hectagon is the misspelling of heptagon.

Meaning of hectogon

Noun

hectogon (plural hectogons)

  1. A polygon having a hundred sides.
  2. An individual processor in some parallel processing systems.

Meaning of hexagon

Noun

hexagon (plural hexagons)

  1. A polygon with six sides and six angles.
    • Meronyms: angle, side; see also Thesaurus:polygon

Forms of hectagon

pluralhectagons

Origin of hectagon

From hecta- + -gon.

Questions about hectagon

What is hectagon the alternative form of?
Hectagon is the alternative form of hectogon.

Words near hectagon in the dictionary

  1. hecta-
  2. hectacre
  3. hectacres
  4. hectad
  5. hectads
  6. hectagon
  7. hectagons
  8. hectane
  9. hectanes
  10. hectarage
  11. hectarages

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hectagon (page history and authors); hectogon (page history and authors); hexagon (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.

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