heptagon en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɛp.tə.ɡɒn/ (US)
- (US) audio
- hĕp'təgən (UK)
- /ˈhɛp.tə.ɡən/ (UK)
- hĕp'təgŏn (US)
Etymology
Since 16th century, from Ancient Greek ἑπτάγωνον (heptágōnon), from ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”). By surface analysis, hepta- + -gon.
Meanings
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A polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
Meronyms: angle, side; see also Thesaurus:polygon
So if Colorado is not a rectangle, what is it? Well, not a pentagon, (Greek for 5-sider), hexagon (6-sider), or a heptagon (7-sider), but a—hold on to something—hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon (697-sider).
2023 January 23 [2018 October 31], Frank Jacobs, “Colorado Is Not a Rectangle—It Has 697 Sides”, in Big Think, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2023:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| heptagons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
quadrilateral · nonagon · decagon · hexagon · polygon · pentagon · triangle · octagon
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Synonyms
7-gon · septagon[Appendix:Glossary
Translations (64)
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