polyanglen.
/ˌpɒlɪˈaŋɡl/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈæŋɡ(ə)l/ Chiefly Geometry. rare.
A figure having many angles; a polygon.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [noun] > polygon
polygon?a1560
multangle1590
polyangle1612
polygonial1702
multangular1766
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > polygon
polygon?a1560
multangle1590
polyangle1612
totangle1629
totilater1629
polygram1696
polygonial1702
multangular1766
polygon of forces1820
polygon of velocities1882
Thiessen polygon1973
1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica ix. 70 If the wheeles should haue beene made square, trencher wise, or in any other poly-angle, forty horses would not so easily draw them beeing laden, as two doth now with both speed and ease.
1911 Proc. Koninkl. Akad. Wetensch. Amsterdam 11 76 Equality of vertices means that the figures formed by the systems of edges concurring in the different vertices (vertex polyangles) are congruent.
1971 Annales Polonici Mathematici 24 163 If the angles in each of the zi-planes are closed, then the corresponding point set is said to be a closed polyangle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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