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polygonness

polygonness noun: the state of being a polygon.

Noun

polygonness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state of being a polygon.
    • Imagine that humans have failed to grasp the nature of Polygonness and that without realizing it, our conception of the Form is constantly changing and is always mistaken.1990, Rudolf Haller, Johannes Brandl, Wittgenstein—eine Neubewertung, →ISBN
    • However many times we may add sides to a polygon, it never becomes a circle; to become a circle, the polygon must undergo an absolute negation (of its polygonness).1992, Christopher Ives, Zen Awakening and Society, →ISBN, page 38

Synonyms of polygonness

Origin of polygonness

From polygon + -ness.

Questions about polygonness

What does polygonness mean?
Polygonness means the state of being a polygon.
What part of speech is polygonness?
Polygonness is a noun.

Words near polygonness in the dictionary

  1. polygonizations
  2. polygonize
  3. polygonized
  4. polygonizes
  5. polygonizing
  6. polygonness
  7. polygonogram
  8. polygonograms
  9. polygonometries
  10. polygonometry
  11. polygonoscope

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