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polygonal fort

polygonal fort noun: a kind of fortification without bastions, and generally arranged in a ring around the protected area, originating in France in the late 18th century and fully developed in Germany in the first half of the 19th century.

Noun

polygonal fort (plural polygonal forts)

  1. (historical) A kind of fortification without bastions, and generally arranged in a ring around the protected area, originating in France in the late 18th century and fully developed in Germany in the first half of the 19th century.

Forms of polygonal fort

pluralpolygonal forts

Questions about polygonal fort

What does polygonal fort mean?
Polygonal fort means a kind of fortification without bastions, and generally arranged in a ring around the protected area, originating in France in the late 18th century and fully developed in Germany in the first half of the 19th century.
What part of speech is polygonal fort?
Polygonal fort is a noun.
What is the plural of polygonal fort?
The plural of polygonal fort is polygonal forts.

Words near polygonal fort in the dictionary

  1. polygon soup
  2. polygon soups
  3. polygon-circle graph
  4. polygonaceous
  5. polygonal
  6. polygonal fort
  7. polygonal forts
  8. polygonal mesh
  9. polygonal meshes
  10. polygonalities
  11. polygonality

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