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Polygonal   /pəlˈɪgənəl/   Listen
Polygonal

adjective
1.
Having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons.



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"Polygonal" Quotes from Famous Books



... full of him—for indeed all the decorative work seems to be his—is one of the first buildings of the Renaissance, the beautiful work of Filippo Brunelleschi. Covered by a polygonal dome, the altar itself stands under another dome, low and small; and everywhere Donatello has added beauty to beauty, the two friends for once combining to produce a masterpiece, though not, as it is said, without certain differences between them. "Donatello undertook to ...
— Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa • Edward Hutton
... defined. Consequently, the most important point in the investigation, namely, the area acted upon by the reflected radiant heat, cannot be accurately determined. I have accordingly constructed an instrument of large dimensions, a polygonal reflector (see Fig. 1), composed of a series of inclined mirrors, and provided with a central heater of conical form, acted upon by the reflected radiation in such a manner that each point of its surface receives ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 • Various


Words linked to "Polygonal" :   polygonal shape, polygon


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