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    This document defines and provides details on various polygons based on the number of sides. It begins by defining polygons from 1-20 sides such as monogons, digons, triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, etc. It then discusses larger sided polygons up to the megagon with 1,000,000 sides. The document also provides the definition of a regular polygon as one where all sides and angles are equal.

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    This document defines and provides details on various polygons based on the number of sides. It begins by defining polygons from 1-20 sides such as monogons, digons, triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, etc. It then discusses larger sided polygons up to the megagon with 1,000,000 sides. The document also provides the definition of a regular polygon as one where all sides and angles are equal.

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    Polygon names

    Name

    Edges

    Remarks

    henagon (or monogon)

    Not generally recognised as a polygon, although some [9] disciplines such as graph theory use the term.

    [10]

    digon

    Not generally recognised as a polygon in the Euclidean plane, [11] although it can exist as a spherical polygon.

    triangle (or trigon)

    The simplest polygon which can exist in the Euclidean plane.

    quadrilateral (or quadrangle or tetragon)

    The simplest polygon which can cross itself; the simplest polygon which can be concave.

    pentagon

    The simplest polygon which can exist as a regular star. A star pentagon is known as a pentagram or pentacle.

    hexagon

    Alternative "sexagon" = Latin [sex-] + Greek.

    heptagon

    Alternative "septagon" = Latin [sept-] + Greek. The simplest polygon such that the regular form is not constructible with compass and straightedge. However, it can be constructed using a Neusis construction.

    octagon

    enneagon or nonagon

    "Nonagon" is commonly used but mixes Latin [novem = 9] with Greek. Some modern authors prefer "enneagon", which is pure Greek.

    decagon

    10

    hendecagon

    11

    Alternative "undecagon" = Latin [un-] + Greek. The simplest polygon such that the regular form cannot be constructed with compass, straightedge, and angle trisector.

    dodecagon

    12

    Alternative "duodecagon" = Latin [duo-] + Greek.

    tridecagon (or triskaidecagon)

    13

    tetradecagon (or tetrakaidecagon)

    14

    pentadecagon (or pentakaidecagon)

    15

    Alternative "quindecagon" = Latin [quin-] + Greek.

    hexadecagon (or hexakaidecagon)

    16

    Alternative "sexdecagon" = Latin [sex-] + Greek.

    heptadecagon (or heptakaidecagon)

    17

    Alternative "septdecagon" = Latin [sept-] + Greek.

    octadecagon (or octakaidecagon)

    18

    enneadecagon (or enneakaidecagon)

    19

    Alternative "nonadecagon" = Latin [nona-, novem = 9] + Greek.

    icosagon

    20

    triacontagon

    30

    hectogon

    100

    "hectogon" is the Greek name (see hectometer), "centagon" is a Latin-Greek hybrid; neither is widely attested.

    chiliagon

    1000

    Ren Descartes, Immanuel Kant, David Hume, and others have used the chiliagon as an example in philosophical discussion.

    [12]

    [13]

    [14]

    myriagon

    10,000

    megagon

    [15][16][17]

    As with Ren Descartes' example of the chiliagon, the millionsided polygon has been used as an illustration of a well-defined [18][19][20][21][22][23][24] 1,000,000 concept that cannot be visualised. The megagon is also used as an illustration of the convergence of regular [25] polygons to a circle.

    apeirogon

    A degenerate polygon of infinitely many sides.

    Regular Polygons
    A polygon is a plane (2D) shape with straight sides. To be a regular polygon all the sides and angles must be the same:

    Triangle - 3 Sides

    Square - 4 Sides

    Pentagon - 5 Sides

    Hexagon - 6 sides

    Heptagon - 7 Sides

    Octagon - 8 Sides

    Nonagon - 9 Sides Decagon - 10 Sides


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