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Polygon vs Metropolis - What's the difference?

polygon | metropolis |

As nouns the difference between polygon and metropolis

is that polygon is a plane figure bounded by straight edges while metropolis is the mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony, especially in the Ancient Greek/Hellenistic world.

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.
  • Hypernyms

    * See

    Hyponyms

    * See

    Meronyms

    * See

    Derived terms

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

    See also

    * polyhedron ----

    metropolis

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (history) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony, especially in the Ancient Greek/Hellenistic world.
  • A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
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  • (canon law) The see of a metropolitan archbishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
  • Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * metro * metropole * metropolitan

    Synonyms

    * mother city, metropole * archbishopric

    See also

    * capital city

    References

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