Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the form of a polygon; having many angles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having many angles.
- adjective certain figurate numbers. See under
Figurate .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having many angles; hence characteristic of a
polygon .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons
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Examples
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This style of masonry is called polygonal and is to be carefully distinguished from Cyclopean, as above defined.
A History of Greek Art Frank Bigelow Tarbell 1886
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The oblong versions have twice as many links for their respective construction types one is more "polygonal" than the other but has more links, and they also texture much more efficiently and retain shape better from afar.
Archive 2008-11-01 Alpha Auer 2008
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The oblong versions have twice as many links for their respective construction types one is more "polygonal" than the other but has more links, and they also texture much more efficiently and retain shape better from afar.
The next BIG thing in virtual worlds that support content creation by Residents: 3D meshes Bettina Tizzy 2008
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I did think she looked awful in her weird polygonal chest-football period, though - I felt bad for her!
Exposing Lara's... Equanimity? SVGL 2009
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Or the '60s elegance of a minimal, rounded, polygonal Ellsworth Kelly?
Painter Seth Adelsberger shakes things up in Civilian Art show 2011
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Among other projects, John upgraded the fortifications at Dover Castle and ordered a state-of-the-art polygonal tower at Odiham, Hampshire, one of his prime hunting spots.
The House Impregnable Stephen Brumwell 2011
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The number of polygonal steps I chose initially was a little large, resulting in a less-than-smooth outline, so I added an explicit resolution parameter to give myself control over how finely the star was rendered:
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Her white polygonal eyes shined brightly through the faceplate of her black environmental suit.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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We used the CountryData function, which was introduced in Mathematica 6, to obtain a polygonal representation of Italy.
Wolfram Blog : Visualizing Weather Patterns in Mathematica 7 2009
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Interpretation as part of an application (e.g. as a game loads) vs. compilation to a polygonal model format beforehand vs. compilation to a series of geometry producing functions in another language.
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