regular polygon
- noun
- /ˈrɛɡjələr ˈpɒlɪɡən/
- Specialized
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polígono regular
- To draw a regular polygon, ensure that each side is the same length and all angles are equal.
Does anybody know what is so special about a regular Polygon they would want to raise their hand?
- Does anybody know what is so special about a regular Polygon they would want to raise their hand?
Examples
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A square is a type of regular polygon because all its sides and angles are equal.
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Does anybody know what is so special about a regular Polygon they would want to raise their hand?
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These features make the families of regular polygons P(N) good candidates in the search for invariant polytopes.
Academic text (2010) -
Moreover, regular polygons induce ray partitions where the angles between consecutive rays are equal, and there is a regular simplicial decomposition in equilateral triangles.
Academic text (2010) -
In geometry, a triangle can be classified as a regular polygon if all three sides are of equal length.
How Many
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a learner who knows 'regular' (evenness/symmetry) and 'polygon' (a multi-sided flat shape) can infer a polygon with equal sides/angles. This is a standard, cross-linguistically mirrored construction (e.g., Spanish 'polígono regular'), so the sense is immediately derivable from its constituents.
Etymology
Regular polygon comes from old words that mean 'many' and 'angle': polygon combines the ideas of 'many' and 'angle', and regular means 'even' or 'following a rule'. So a regular polygon is a many-sided shape where every side and every angle follows the same rule, which is why it means a shape with all sides and angles equal.