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Heptagon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A polygon having seven sides.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A polygon with seven sides and seven angles.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In geometry, a closed figure having seven angles successively united by lines.

n. In fort, a place that has seven bastions for defense.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a seven-sided polygon

Word Usage

"Euclid was able to draw an equilateral triangle, square, pentagon and hexagon, but recall that the heptagon (which has seven sides) and the nonagon (nine) eluded him."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

polygon polygonal shape

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

hexagon octagon