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Polygon vs Megagon - What's the difference?

polygon | megagon |

As nouns the difference between polygon and megagon

is that polygon is while megagon is a polygon with one million sides.

polygon

English

Noun

(wikipedia polygon) (en noun)
  • (geometry) A plane figure bounded by straight edges.
  • (geometry) The boundary of such a figure.
  • (geometry, more generally) A figure comprising vertices and (not necessarily straight) edges, alternatingly.
  • (geometry) Such a figure and its interior, taken as a whole.

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    Derived terms

    * cumulative frequency polygon * frequency polygon * funicular polygon * polygon of forces

    Related terms

    * polygonal * polygonality * polygonhood * polygonness

    See also

    * polyhedron ----

    megagon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A polygon with one million sides.
  • * 2003 , Stan Gibilisco, Geometry Demystified
    • ...1000000 sides (a "regular megagon ")...
  • * 2007 , Arthur Greenberg, From Alchemy to Chemistry in Picture and Story
    • A megagon is close to the perfection of a circle — a kind of generational transmutation.