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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπολύγωνον
- English todaypolygon
From Ancient Greek πολύγωνον (polúgōnon), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”), equivalent to poly- + -gon.
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polygon
pol·y·gonToday it means: A plane figure bounded by edges that are all straight lines. Full definition →
Ancient Greek πολύγωνον