octagonal
/ɑkˈtæɡənəl/
octagonal adjective: shaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles.
Adjective
octagonal (not comparable)
- Shaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles.
- Near Smeinogorsk an octagonal tumulus has been found containing the corpse of a horse near a rectangular one with a human corpse, both within stone circles.1898, Friedrich Ratzel, The History of Mankind, volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., page 325
- The sundials range in shape from octagonal to the usual round. Prices range from $75 to $375.1985 April 4, Daryln Brewer, “HELPFUL HARDWARE; AN ARRAY OF SUNDIALS”, in The New York Times
octagonal meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
octagonal in Tamil
- எண்கோணமுடைய, எண்கோணத்துக்குரிய
octagonal in Urdu
- ہشت پہلو
octagonal in Bengali
- shaped like an octagon
- অষ্টভুজাকৃতি ośṭobhujakriti
octagonal in Malayalam
- എൺകോണായ, അഷ്ടകോണമായ, എട്ട് ഭുജമുളള
More languagesFewer languages
- octagonal in Tagalog
- walsihain
Examples of octagonal in a sentence
- An octagonal tower is said to have eight panes.
- White Hair Ancestor looked carefully, only to see that in Qin Feng's hand, a pitch black octagonal greathammer had already appeared.
- Truncated cubes can be packed sharing their octagonal faces, the remaining voids are filled by octahedra (Figure 10(b)).
Forms of octagonal
| alternative form (obsolete) | octogonal |
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Origin of octagonal
From octagon + -al.
Words formed from octagonal
Words that rhyme with octagonal
Questions about octagonal
- What does octagonal mean?
- Octagonal means shaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles.
- What is octagonal in Tamil?
- Octagonal in Tamil is எண்கோணமுடைய, எண்கோணத்துக்குரிய. See Octagonal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is octagonal?
- Octagonal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce octagonal?
- Octagonal is pronounced /ɑkˈtæɡənəl/.
Words near octagonal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: octagonal (page history and authors); octagonal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); octagonal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); octagonal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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