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megagon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

mega- + -gon

Meanings

1. A polygon with one million sides.
   • Find the constant of proportionality for a decagon, kilogon, and megagon. 1999, Mark Dugopolski, College Algebra and Trigonometry, page 505:
   • There can exist a regular polygon with 1000 sides (this might be called a "regular kilogon"), 1,000,000 sides (a "regular megagon"), or 1,000,000,000 sides (a "regular gigagon"). 2003, Stan Gibilisco, Geometry Demystified:
   • A megagon is close to the perfection of a circle — a kind of generational transmutation. 2007, Arthur Greenberg, From Alchemy to Chemistry in Picture and Story:
2. A polygon with a vastly larger number of sides, used in the definition of Moser's number.

Forms

Synonyms

1000000-gon

Translations (17)

pl wielokąt z milionem bokami (1,000,000-sided polygon) · ko 백만각형 (1,000,000-sided polygon) · ja 百万角形 (1,000,000-sided polygon) · pt megágono (1,000,000-sided polygon) · sv megagon (1,000,000-sided polygon) · de 1000000-Eck (1,000,000-sided polygon) · nl miljoenhoek (1,000,000-sided polygon) · cs milionoúhelník (1,000,000-sided polygon) · fi 1000000-kulmio (miljoonakulmio) (1,000,000-sided polygon) · ru миллионоугольник (1,000,000-sided polygon) · frr Miljoonhuk (1,000,000-sided polygon) · de Millioneneck (1,000,000-sided polygon) · frs miljoonenkâant (1,000,000-sided polygon) · es megágono (1,000,000-sided polygon) · cmn 百萬邊形 /百万边形 (1,000,000-sided polygon) · sl milijonkotnik (1,000,000-sided polygon) · fr mégagone (1,000,000-sided polygon)