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polygonality

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The state of being a polygon, the degree to which an object is polygonal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • M. Glouberman (1986), Descartes: The Probable and the Certain, →ISBN, page 213: “Conversely, (b) the condition of polygonality is a part of each of the conditions of triangularity, quadrilaterality, etc., and hence the latter are more than the term which collects them: the collecting term is, in other words, less than the terms it collects.”

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History

Etymology

From polygonal + -ity.