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quindecagon Geom.|kwɪnˈdɛkəgən|
Also 7 -gone, 8 -deka-.
[irreg. f. L. quindecim, after decagon, dodecagon: see -gon. So F. quindécagone.]
A plane figure having fifteen angles.
1570Billingsley Euclid iv. xvi. 124 In a circle geuen to describe a quindecagon or figure of fiftene angles. 1651T. Rudd Euclide 179 In a given Circle to inscribe a Quindecagon. a1696Scarburgh Euclid (1705) 174 The Quindecagon is the only derivative Polygon that Euclide thought necessary to be consider'd. 1778Learning at a Loss II. 88 A Fellow..who..crams you with Pentagons, Hexagons and Quindekagons. 1886Nixon Euclid Revised iv. xvi. 202 A regular..quindecagon can be circumscribed about a circle. |