polygonality
polygonality noun: the state of being a polygon, the degree to which an object is polygonal.
Noun
polygonality (usually uncountable, plural polygonalities)
- The state of being a polygon, the degree to which an object is polygonal.
- As the number of faces increases, the space-fillers contact more distant neighbours, the polygonalities of the faces of contact decreasing as the order of the neighbours increases.1985, A. C. Ferro und M. A. Fortes, “A new family of trivalent space-filling parallelohedra”, in Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, volume 173
- M. Glouberman (1986), Descartes: The Probable and the Certain, →ISBN, page 213: “Conversely, (b) the condition of polygonality is a part of each of the conditions of triangularity, quadrilaterality, etc., and hence the latter are more than the term which collects them: the collecting term is, in...
- Synonyms:
- polygonhood, polygonness
Synonyms of polygonality
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Forms of polygonality
| plural | polygonalities |
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Origin of polygonality
From polygonal + -ity.
Questions about polygonality
- What does polygonality mean?
- Polygonality means the state of being a polygon, the degree to which an object is polygonal.
- What part of speech is polygonality?
- Polygonality is a noun.
- What is the plural of polygonality?
- The plural of polygonality is polygonalities.
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