Definitions

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  • noun geometry A one-dimensional object comprising one vertex and one (not necessarily straight) edge both of whose ends are that vertex.
  • noun geometry A two-dimensional object comprising one vertex, one edge both of whose ends are that vertex, and one face filling in the hollow formed by that edge.
  • noun optics A single-faceted reflector.

Etymologies

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From mono- and -gon.

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