polygon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: polygon	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for polygon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
polygon n a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides [syn: polygon, polygonal shape]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polygon \Pol"ygon\, n. [Gr. poly`gwnos polygonal; poly`s many + gwni`a angle: cf. F. polygone.] (Geom.) A plane figure having many angles, and consequently many sides; esp., one whose perimeter consists of more than four sides; any figure having many angles. {Polygon* of forces} (Mech.), a polygonal figure, the sides of which, taken successively, represent, in length and direction, several forces acting simultaneously upon one point, so that the side necessary to complete the figure represents the resultant of those forces. Cf. {Parallelogram of forces}, under {Parallelogram}.