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Definition of Isogon
1. Noun. An equiangular polygon.
Specialized synonyms: Regular Polygon
Derivative terms: Isogonic
Definition of Isogon
1. Noun. (mathematics) An equiangular polygon. ¹
2. Noun. (cartography meteorology) A line of equal or constant wind direction on a graph or chart, such as a weather map. ¹
3. Noun. (cartography navigation) A line of equal or constant magnetic declination on a chart; an isogonic line. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Isogon
1. a polygon having equal angles [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Isogon
Literary usage of Isogon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vector Calculus: With Applications to Physics by James Byrnie Shaw (1922)
"An isogon with the points at which a has the direction whose cosines are /, m,
... It follows that the vector to any point of this isogon is given by p ..."
2. Neue Abhandlungen über Den Menschlichen Verstand by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1873)
"B. zu sagen: B ist C, A i«tB, also ist A, C, würde er sagen: C ist in B, B ist
in A, also ist C in AZB statt zu sagen: Das Rechteck ist isogon (oder hat ..."
3. New Essays Concerning Human Understanding by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1916)
"For example, the isogon is in the rectangle, for the rectangle is the figure all
of whose right angles are equal to each other, therefore in the idea of the ..."
4. History of Geology and Palæontology to the End of the Nineteenth Century by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1901)
"He also constructed a "pentagonal net-work" of the fifteen largest circles which
corresponded to the corners of a regular isogon in the centre of the earth, ..."
5. History of Geology and Palæontology to the End of the Ninetheenth Century by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1901)
"He also constructed a "pentagonal net-work" of the fifteen largest circles which
corresponded to the corners of a regular isogon in the centre of the ..."
6. Plant-breeding: Being Six Lectures Upon the Amelioration of Domestic Plants by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1912)
"The isogon hybrids are of all degrees of complexity, and classification of them
will at once show how far we have already got away from the old systematic ..."
7. Vector Calculus: With Applications to Physics by James Byrnie Shaw (1922)
"An isogon with the points at which a has the direction whose cosines are /, m,
... It follows that the vector to any point of this isogon is given by p ..."
8. Neue Abhandlungen über Den Menschlichen Verstand by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1873)
"B. zu sagen: B ist C, A i«tB, also ist A, C, würde er sagen: C ist in B, B ist
in A, also ist C in AZB statt zu sagen: Das Rechteck ist isogon (oder hat ..."
9. New Essays Concerning Human Understanding by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1916)
"For example, the isogon is in the rectangle, for the rectangle is the figure all
of whose right angles are equal to each other, therefore in the idea of the ..."
10. History of Geology and Palæontology to the End of the Nineteenth Century by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1901)
"He also constructed a "pentagonal net-work" of the fifteen largest circles which
corresponded to the corners of a regular isogon in the centre of the earth, ..."
11. History of Geology and Palæontology to the End of the Ninetheenth Century by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1901)
"He also constructed a "pentagonal net-work" of the fifteen largest circles which
corresponded to the corners of a regular isogon in the centre of the ..."
12. Plant-breeding: Being Six Lectures Upon the Amelioration of Domestic Plants by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1912)
"The isogon hybrids are of all degrees of complexity, and classification of them
will at once show how far we have already got away from the old systematic ..."
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