Definitions for polygon

polygon pol·y·gon

Spelling: [pol-ee-gon]
IPA: /ˈpɒl iˌgɒn/

Polygon is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in polygon (glnoopy).

Definitions for polygon

noun

  1. a figure, especially a closed plane figure, having three or more, usually straight, sides.

Origin of polygon

1560-70; Latin polygōnum Greek polýgōnon, noun use of neuter of polýgōnos many-angled. See poly-, -gon

Examples for polygon

The view from the polygon monument is desolation on all sides.

The trace of the walls was a polygon not unlike a capital L.

That is, in the second of these figures the shaded portion is not considered a polygon.

There was room there for making every sort of triangle or polygon.

It will be understood that an n-side is different from a polygon of n sides.

You will find that if the radius of the circle be one, the side of the polygon is .264, etc.

The Germans do not appear to have penetrated into the polygon Wood at any point.

It was only in polygon Wood that they obtained the slightest success.

For this polygon the other three problems mentioned are not solved.

It will be noticed that Euclid did not use or define the word "polygon."

Word Value for polygon
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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