polygon
Syllables: pol·y·gonUK/ˈpɒlɪɡən//ˈpɑliˌɡɑn/
polygon noun: a plane figure bounded by edges that are all straight lines.
Noun
polygon (plural polygons)
- A plane figure bounded by edges that are all straight lines.
- Meronyms: angle, side, cathetus, leg, hypotenuse; see also Thesaurus:polygon
- The boundary of such a figure.
- A figure comprising vertices and (not necessarily straight) edges, alternatingly.
- Such a figure and its interior, taken as a whole.
polygon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
polygon in Hindi
- plane figure bounded by straight edges
- बहुभुज bahubhuj
polygon in Tamil
- plane figure bounded by straight edges
- பல்கோணம் palkōṇam
polygon in Marathi
- plane figure bounded by straight edges
- बहुकोण bahukoṇ
polygon in Urdu
- plane figure bounded by straight edges
- کثیر الاضلاع
More languagesFewer languages
- polygon in Bengali
- বহুভুজ bohubhuj
- polygon in Telugu
- బహుభుజి bahubhuji
- polygon in Malayalam
- ബഹുഭുജം bahubhujaṁ
- polygon in Kannada
- ಹಲಮೂಲೆ, ಬಹುಕೋನ, ಬುಹುಭುಜ, ಬಹುಭುಜಗಳ ಆಕೃತಿ
- polygon in Punjabi
- ਬਹੁਭੁਜ bahubhuj
- polygon in Gujarati
- બહુભુજ bahubhuj
- polygon in Odia
- ବହୁଭୁଜ, ବହୁଭୁଜୀ
- polygon in Sanskrit
- बहुकोण bahukoṇa
- polygon in Nepali
- बहुभुज
- polygon in Tagalog
- damsiha
- polygon in Arabic
- مُضَلَّع muḍallaʕ
- polygon in Indonesian
- poligon
- polygon in Persian
- چندضلعی
- polygon in Thai
- รูปหลายเหลี่ยม
- polygon in Vietnamese
- đa giác
- polygon in Myanmar
- ဗဟုဂံ ba.hu.gam
Examples of polygon in a sentence
- A triangle is a specialization of a polygon to one with exactly three sides.
- Carlyle circles have been used to develop ruler-and-compass constructions of regular polygons.
- The orthogonal convex hull of an orthogonal polygon is the smallest orthogonally convex polygon that encloses the original polygon.
Forms of polygon
| plural | polygons |
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Origin of polygon
From Ancient Greek πολύγωνον (polúgōnon), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”), equivalent to poly- + -gon.
Words formed from polygon
- cumulative frequency polygon
- frequency polygon
- funicular polygon
- interpolygon
- love polygon
- micropolygon
- Moufang polygon
- multipolygon
- polyfill
- polygonar
- polygonate
- polygonation
- polygon-circle graph
- polygonization
- polygonize
- polygon mesh
- polygon of forces
- polygonometry
- polygonoscope
- polygonous
- polygon soup
- regular polygon
- Reuleaux polygon
- spherical polygon
- spheropolygon
- star polygon
- subpolygon
Phrases with polygon
Questions about polygon
- What does polygon mean?
- Polygon means a plane figure bounded by edges that are all straight lines.
- What is polygon in Hindi?
- Polygon in Hindi is बहुभुज (bahubhuj). See Polygon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is polygon?
- Polygon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce polygon?
- Polygon is pronounced /ˈpɒlɪɡən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of polygon?
- The plural of polygon is polygons.
Words near polygon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: polygon (page history and authors); polygon (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); polygon (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polygon (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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