English Dictionary: octagon | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Octagon \Oc"ta*gon\, n. [Gr. [?] eight-cornered; [?] (for [?] eight) + [?] an angle: cf.F. cctogone.] 1. (Geom.) A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles. 2. Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight sides or angles. {Regular octagon}, one in which the sides are all equal, and the angles also are all equal. |