polygon

polygon

See also: Polygon and polygón

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύγωνον (polúgōnon), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlɪɡən/, /ˈpɒliɡɒn/
• (US) enPR: pälʹē-gän, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑliɡɑn/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pol‧y‧gon

Noun

polygon (plural polygons)

Polygons (sense 1)

1. (geometry) A plane figure bounded by edges that are all straight lines.
2. (geometry) The boundary of such a figure.
3. (geometry, more generally) A figure comprising vertices and (not necessarily straight) edges, alternatingly.
4. (geometry) Such a figure and its interior, taken as a whole.

Hypernyms

• See Thesaurus:polygon

Hyponyms

• See Thesaurus:polygon

Meronyms

• See Thesaurus:polygon

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cumulative frequency polygon
• frequency polygon
• funicular polygon
• love polygon
• polygon of forces

Related terms

Related terms

• polygonal
• polygonality
• polygonhood
• polygonness

Translations

plane figure bounded by straight edges

Afrikaans: poligoon Albanian: shumëkëndësh (sq) Arabic: مُضَلَّع‎ m (muḍallaʿ) Aragonese: poligono m Armenian: բազմանկյուն (hy) (bazmankyun) Asturian: polígonu m Basque: poligono Bengali: বহুভুজ (bn) (bôhubhuj) Bulgarian: многоъгълник m (mnogoǎgǎlnik) Burmese: ဗဟုဂံ (my) (ba.hu.gam) Catalan: polígon (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 多邊形／多边形 (zh), 多边形 (do1 bin1 jing4) Hakka: 多邊形, 多边形 (tô-piên-hìn) Mandarin: 多邊形／多边形 (zh) (duōbiānxíng), 多角形 (zh) (duōjiǎoxíng) Chuvash: нумай кӗтеслӗх (numaj k̬ĕt̬eslĕh) Corsican: poligonu, puligonu m Czech: mnohoúhelník (cs) m, polygon (cs) m Danish: polygon (da) Dutch: veelhoek (nl) m, polygoon (nl) m Esperanto: plurangulo, plurlatero, poligono, multangulo Estonian: hulknurk (et) Faroese: marghyrningur m Finnish: monikulmio (fi), polygoni (fi) French: polygone (fr) m Friulian: poligon, poligonâl Galician: polígono (gl) Georgian: პენტაკონტაგონი (ṗenṭaḳonṭagoni), მრავალკუთხედი (mravalḳutxedi) German: Vieleck (de) n, Polygon (de) n Greek: πολύγωνο (el) n (polýgono) Ancient: πολύγωνον n (polúgōnon) Guaraní: apyeta Gujarati: બહુભુજ (bahubhuj) Haitian Creole: poligòn Hebrew: מצולע‎ (he) m (metsulá), פוליגון‎ (he) m (poligón) Hindi: बहुभुज (bahubhuj) Hungarian: poligon (hu), sokszög (hu) Icelandic: marghyrningur m Ido: poligono (io) Irish: polagán m Italian: poligono (it) m Japanese: 多角形 (ja) (たかくけい, takakukei/たかっけい, takakkei) Kazakh: көпбұрыш (köpbūryş) Khmer: ពហុកោណ (km) (pea’hu’ kaon) Korean: 다각형(多角形) (ko) (dagakhyeong) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: pirgoşe (ku) Latin: polygonum n Latvian: daudzstūris m Lithuanian: daugiakampis m Low German: Veeleck Malayalam: ബഹുഭുജം (ml) (bahubhujaṃ) Manx: yl-lhiatteean m Maori: tapamaha, taparau Marathi: बहुकोण (bahukoṇ) Moksha: lamuzha (lamuzha), kudnae (kudnae) Moore: kog-kʋʋma Navajo: łąʼį́ bízniikʼą́ Norwegian: polygon (no) Persian: چندضلعی‎ Polish: wielokąt (pl) m inan, wielobok m inan Portuguese: polígono (pt) m Punjabi: ਬਹੁਭੁਜ (bahubhuj) Quechua: manchay chinruyuj Romanian: poligon (ro) Russian: многоуго́льник (ru) (mnogougólʹnik) Sanskrit: बहुकोण (bahukoṇa) Scottish Gaelic: poileagan Serbo-Croatian: mnogokut (sh) m, mnogougao m, višekut m, višeugao m, poligon (sh) m Slovak: mnohouholník m Slovene: mnogokotnik m Spanish: polígono (es) m Swahili: pembenyingi Swedish: polygon (sv) c, månghörning (sv) c Tagalog: damsiha Tamil: பல்கோணம் (palkōṇam) Tatar: nüeş Telugu: బహుభుజి (bahubhuji) Thai: รูปหลายเหลี่ยม Turkish: çokgen (tr) Ukrainian: багатокутник (uk) (bahatokutnyk) Urdu: کثیر الاضلاع‎ Vietnamese: đa giác (vi) (多角) Volapük: mödalien (vo) Yiddish: פֿילעק‎ (filek)

See also

• polyhedron

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪɡon]

Noun

polygon m inan

1. polygon (plane figure bounded by straight edges)

   Synonym: mnohoúhelník

Derived terms

• polygonový

Further reading

• polygon in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• polygon in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• polygon in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Danish

Noun

polygon c or n (singular definite polygonet or polygonen, plural indefinite polygoner)

1. polygon
   • 1967, Hans Sørensen, Nye Verga-studier: Romanen om Vizzini

     ... eller trekanten, rektanglet, parallelogrammet, kvadratet, ja, polygonet.

     ... or the triangle, the rectangle, the parallelogram, the square, indeed, the polygon.

   • 1799, Skrifter som udi det Kiøbenhavnske Selskab af Lærdoms og Videnskabers Elskere ere fremlagte og oplæste : i aarene .., page 512

     Altsaa er ogsaa idette Fald Polygonet ubestemt.

     Thus, in this case, too, the polygon is indefinite.

Declension

Declension of polygon

either gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	polygon	polygonet polygonen	polygoner	polygonerne
genitive	polygons	polygonets polygonens	polygoners	polygonernes

References

• “polygon” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Swedish

Noun

polygon c

1. polygon

Declension

Declension of polygon
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	polygon	polygonen	polygoner	polygonerna
Genitive	polygons	polygonens	polygoners	polygonernas

See also

• femkant
• fyrhörning
• fyrkant
• hexagon
• kvadrat
• månghörning
• rektangel
• sexkant
• trekant
• triangel