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Definition of Octagon

1. Noun. An eight-sided polygon.

Definition of Octagon

1. n. A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.

Definition of Octagon

1. Noun. (geometry) A polygon with eight sides and eight angles. ¹

2. Noun. (martial arts usually capitalized) The arena for mixed martial arts, particularly as trademarked by the UFC. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Octagon

1. an eight-sided polygon [n -S]

Medical Definition of Octagon

1. 1. 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. Origin: Gr. Eight-cornered; (for eight) + an angle: cf.F. Cctogone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Octagon

Literary usage of Octagon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John Morley (1904)
"CHAPTER III THE octagon IT is easy in the world to live after the world's ... In this octagon —' a necessity of my profession and history' — he stored the ..."

2. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John Morley (1911)
"CHAPTER III THE octagon IT is easy in the world to live after the world's ... In this octagon —' a necessity of my profession and history' — he stored the ..."

3. Pattern Design: A Book for Students Treating in a Practical Way of the by Lewis Foreman Day (1903)
"THE octagon. Four series of lines give the octagon— Not the unit of a complete ... The two octagon diapers opposite (32) are of course identically the same, ..."

4. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry, and Building: A General Reference by American Technical Society (1917)
"To draw an octagon of 8 inches square, draw a square 8 inches each way, ... To find the length of the octagon side, place one point of a compass on any of ..."

5. The Circular, Square, and Octagonal Earthworks of Ohio by Cyrus Thomas (1889)
""octagon," NEWARK, OHIO. This inclosure, which is connected with the "Observatory ... Surrey of the octagon. The two numbers to each course in the width and ..."

6. Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral by Benjamin Winkles, Thomas Moule (1838)
"In the four greater sides of the octagon are four lofty arches, ... The clustered columns from which the ribs of the vaulting of the octagon spring are not ..."

7. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1860)
"2 is an octagon Summer-Honse, requiring more of the carpenter's skill in its ... One of the sides of the octagon forms the entrance ; the rest are fitted ..."

8. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work by American School, (Chicago, Ill.) (1907)
"To draw an octagon of S inches square, draw a square S inches each way, ... To find the length of the octagon side, place one point of a compass on any of ..."

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