different between polygon vs apeirogon

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ????????? (polúg?non), from ????? (polús, “many”) and ????? (g?nía, “angle”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?l???n/, /?p?li??n/
• (US) enPR: päl??-gän, IPA^(key): /?p?li??n/
• Hyphenation: pol?y?gon

Noun

polygon (plural polygons)

1. (geometry) A plane figure bounded by edges that are all straight lines.
2. (geometry) The boundary of such a figure.
3. (geometry, more generally) A figure comprising vertices and (not necessarily straight) edges, alternatingly.
4. (geometry) Such a figure and its interior, taken as a whole.

Hypernyms

• See Thesaurus:polygon

Hyponyms

• See Thesaurus:polygon

Meronyms

• See Thesaurus:polygon

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• polyhedron

Czech

Noun

polygon m

1. polygon (plane figure bounded by straight edges)

Synonyms

• mnohoúhelník

Derived terms

• polygonový

Further reading

• polygon in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• polygon in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

polygon c or n (singular definite polygonet or polygonen, plural indefinite polygoner)

1. polygon
   • 1967, Hans Sørensen, Nye Verga-studier: Romanen om Vizzini

     ... eller trekanten, rektanglet, parallelogrammet, kvadratet, ja, polygonet.

     ... or the triangle, the rectangle, the parallelogram, the square, indeed, the polygon.

   • 1799, Skrifter som udi det Kiøbenhavnske Selskab af Lærdoms og Videnskabers Elskere ere fremlagte og oplæste : i aarene .., page 512

     Altsaa er ogsaa idette Fald Polygonet ubestemt.

     Thus, in this case, too, the polygon is indefinite.

Declension

References

• “polygon” in Den Danske Ordbog

Swedish

Noun

polygon c

1. polygon

Declension

See also

• femkant
• fyrhörning
• fyrkant
• hexagon
• kvadrat
• månghörning
• rektangel
• sexkant
• trekant
• triangel

English

Etymology

apeiro- +? -gon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??pi?????n/, /??pe??????n/
• Hyphenation: apei?ro?gon

Noun

apeirogon (plural apeirogons)

1. (mathematics, geometry) A polygon having an infinite number of sides and vertices.

Synonyms

• zerogon

Related terms

• apeirohedron

Further reading

• apeirogon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia