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polygonness en · NOUN

Etymology

From polygon + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The state of being a polygon.
    • Imagine that humans have failed to grasp the nature of Polygonness and that without realizing it, our conception of the Form is constantly changing and is always mistaken. 1990, Rudolf Haller, Johannes Brandl, Wittgenstein—eine Neubewertung, →ISBN:
    • For example, quadrilateralness can be analyzed into the attributes polygonness (ie, being a polygon) and four-sidedness. 2001, Gregory Browne, Necessary Factual Truth, →ISBN, page 11:
    • However many times we may add sides to a polygon, it never becomes a circle; to become a circle, the polygon must undergo an absolute negation (of its polygonness). 1992, Christopher Ives, Zen Awakening and Society, →ISBN, page 38:

Synonyms

polygonhood · polygonality