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megagon

megagon noun: a polygon with one million sides.

megagon: a polygon with one million sides
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Noun

megagon (plural megagons)

  1. A polygon with one million sides.
    • Find the constant of proportionality for a decagon, kilogon, and megagon.1999, Mark Dugopolski, College Algebra and Trigonometry, page 505
    • There can exist a regular polygon with 1000 sides (this might be called a "regular kilogon"), 1,000,000 sides (a "regular megagon"), or 1,000,000,000 sides (a "regular gigagon").2003, Stan Gibilisco, Geometry Demystified
  2. A polygon with a vastly larger number of sides, used in the definition of Moser's number.

Synonyms of megagon

Forms of megagon

pluralmegagons

Origin of megagon

mega- + -gon

Questions about megagon

What does megagon mean?
Megagon means a polygon with one million sides.
What part of speech is megagon?
Megagon is a noun.
What is the plural of megagon?
The plural of megagon is megagons.

Words near megagon in the dictionary

  1. megageomorphology
  2. megagift
  3. megagifts
  4. megagnathia
  5. megagnathous
  6. megagon
  7. megagons
  8. megagram
  9. megagramme
  10. megagrammes
  11. megagrams

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