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Definition of Polygons

1. polygon [n] - See also: polygon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polygons

Literary usage of Polygons

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

1. Plane Geometry: Experiment, Classification, Discovery, Application by Clarence Addison Willis (1922)
"Regular polygons have been defined and briefly considered in Chapter VI; inscribed and circumscribed polygons in Chapter XII. 325. ..."

2. The Manufacture of Pulp and Paper: A Textbook of Modern Pulp and Paper Mill by J. Newell Stephenson (1921)
"The rules and formulas just given for finding the areas of quadrilaterals apply only to what are termed convex polygons. All polygons that have been ..."

3. The Manufacture of Pulp and Paper: A Textbook of Modern Pulp and Paper Mill by J. Newell Stephenson (1921)
"The rules and formulas just given for finding the areas of quadrilaterals apply only to what are termed convex polygons. All polygons that have been ..."

4. Plane and Solid Geometry by George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith (1913)
"Similar polygons. polygons that have their corresponding angles equal, and their corresponding sides proportional, are called similar polygons. ..."

5. Plane and Solid Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1904)
"Similar polygons are polygons that have their homologous angles equal, ... Homologous lines in similar polygons are lines similarly situated. 353. DEF. ..."

6. Plane Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1899)
"Similar polygons are polygons that have their homologous angles equal, and their homologous sides proportional. n Thus, the polygons ABCDE and ..."

7. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"The soils of the centers and the troughs of the poorly expressed polygons contain appreciable quantities of these constituents (Tables I and II) and display ..."

8. Plane Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1899)
"Similar polygons are polygons that have their homologous angles equal, ... Homologous lines in similar polygons are lines similarly situated. 353. DEF. ..."

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