polygon

1. A plane figure bounded by edges that are all straight lines.

   Meronyms: angle, side, cathetus, leg, hypotenuse; see also Thesaurus:polygon

   Vieleck, Polygon

   многоуго́льникmnogougólʹnik

   багатоку́тникbahatokútnyk, многоку́тникmnohokútnyk

   a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides

2. The boundary of such a figure.

3. (broadly)A figure comprising vertices and (not necessarily straight) edges, alternatingly.

4. Such a figure and its interior, taken as a whole.

1. Calculate the area of this polygon.

   deBerechne den Flächeninhalt dieses Vielecks.

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2. Each face of a polyhedron is a polygon.

   ruКаждая грань многогранника является многоугольником.

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3. A nonagon, sometimes called an enneagon, is a polygon with nine sides.

   deEin Nonagon, bisweilen auch Enneagon genannt, ist ein Polygon mit neun Seiten.

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4. A seven-sided polygon is typically called a heptagon, but is occasionally referred to as a septagon.

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5. Mathematicians have finally discovered an aperiodic monotile, that is, a polygon that can only tile the plane in aperiodic tessellations.

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