chilogone

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek from χίλιοι (khílioi, thousand) and γωνία (gōnía, angle).

Noun

chilogone m (plural chilogones)

  1. a polygon with 1000 sides and 100 angles
    • 1905, Henri Poincaré, La Valeur de la Science:
      Nous raisonnons par intuition sur les polygones en général, qui comprennent le chilogone comme cas particulier.
      We reason by intuition about polygons in general, of which the chilogon is a particular case.

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