chilogone
French
Etymology
Ancient Greek from χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) and γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).
Noun
chilogone m (plural chilogones)
- a polygon with 1000 sides and 100 angles
- 1905, Henri Poincaré, La Valeur de la Science
- Nous raisonnons par intuition sur les polygones en général, qui comprennent le chilogone comme cas particulier.
- We reason by intuition about polygons in general, of which the chilogon is a particular case.
- 1905, Henri Poincaré, La Valeur de la Science
Further reading
- “chilogone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.