polygonal

From polygon + -al.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪɡənəl/

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polygonal (not comparable)

1. Having many angles; hence characteristic of a polygon.
   • 1851, Frederick Overman, “Blast Pipes”, in The Manufacture of Iron, in All its Various Branches. […] , 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Henry C. Baird, page 413:

     Various forms of conductors have been invented, such as wooden and iron pipes, of a round, square, and polygonal section; but at present, scarcely any other than sheet or cast iron pipes are employed.

2. Comprised of polygons.
   • 1906, James George Frazer, Attis, Otis, Osiris, page 154:

     The old path paved with polygonal masonry.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.ɡɔ.nal/

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polygonal (feminine polygonale, masculine plural polygonaux, feminine plural polygonales)

1. polygonal

• “polygonal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• IPA^(key): [poliɡoˈnaːl]

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• Hyphenation: po‧ly‧go‧nal

polygonal (strong nominative masculine singular polygonaler, not comparable)

1. (geometry) polygonal

• “polygonal” in Duden online
• “polygonal”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)