Definition of "polygon" [pol•y•gon]

• A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments. (noun)

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• "His mathematical friends could have told him, that though it was talked of as a polygon, it was not supposed to be a square; but _polygon_ would not have rhymed to _stare_; and poets, when they launch into the ocean of words, must have an eye to the helm; at all events a poet, who is not supposed to be a student of the exact sciences, may be forgiven for a mathematical blunder."
• "The term polygon is applied to figures having flat sides equidistant from a common centre."
• "Measuring Po by admin on Jul. 03, 2009, under Uncategorized the measure of an exterior angle of a regular polygon is 30 degrees."