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regular polygon [′reg·yə·lər ′päl·i‚gän] (mathematics) A polygon with congruent sides and congruent interior angles. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Within the whirlpools, they've seen three-blade-propeller shapes as well as regular polygons, including squares and hexagons. As Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi comments: "the geometric forms which recur so frequently in these designs for plant-beds - shapes such as the square (traditionally a symbol of earth and its elements), the circle (a symbol of heaven and divinity), the regular polygons, and the triangle (a symbol of fire) - had to sustain complex astrological and magical-esoteric connotations. Regular polygons have sides all the same length and angles all the same size, like a square. |
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