Meanings
- rareuncountablemathematicsThe state of being a polygon.
For example, quadrilateralness can be analyzed into the attributes polygonness (ie, being a polygon) and four-sidedness.
2001, Gregory Browne, Necessary Factual Truth, →ISBN, page 112 more examples
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, →ISBNHowever 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 38Synonyms: polygonality, polygonhood
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being a polygon.
Origin
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polygonness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polygonness
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