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  • noun Plural form of polygon.

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Examples

  • In the fourth are six triangles, in the fifth, five polygons from a pentagon to a decagon.

    The Montessori Method Anne E. Montessori George 1912

  • Euclid started off by carving up two-dimensional space into the family of shapes known as polygons, which are those shapes made from only straight lines.

    HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

  • Euclid started off by carving up two-dimensional space into the family of shapes known as polygons, which are those shapes made from only straight lines.

    HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

  • Euclid started off by carving up two-dimensional space into the family of shapes known as polygons, which are those shapes made from only straight lines.

    HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

  • You can see all of these orange polygons, that is where we have severe thunderstorm warnings with winds capable of exceeding 60 miles per hour.

    CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2008 2008

  • Permafrost and active-layer dynamics lead to topographic patterns such as polygons in the landscape.

    Introduction to Arctic Tundra and Polar Desert Ecosystems 2009

  • "polygons" by papadosio should def. be on any hippie workout mix.

    Live Music Blog.com 2008

  • Her business suit, usually stiffened into two dimensional polygons of fabric, is wrinkled from her day at work.

    365 tomorrows » 2009 » August : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • What if our man has become perfectly acquainted with regular polygons of any number of sides, except the one which happens to have all eight?

    Archive 2009-02-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • The carpet had a pattern of white and orange polygons repeating across a red background.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

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  • This is the most common word 3 days a week.

    April 24, 2008

  • When I get home, I still see life in polygons.

    Another word for the petasus poem I wish I will have one day.

    April 24, 2008