polygon is a closed figure which is bounded by line segments.
Poly means many and polygon means shape of many sides
The name of a 22 sided polygon is Icosidigon.
A polygon comes from a Greek word meaning 'many sides'
a polygon in which the sides are not all the same length
Basically, the meaning of a polygon is closed because the sides are straight. A meaning of a polygon for you: a square. A square has 4 sides that are all straight, a square is a polygon.
polygon < πολύγωνο < πολύ + γωνίαπολύ = multi-, manyγωνία = angleSo polygon = "multiangled"
A polygon with three sides is a triangle, the prefix tri- meaning three.
An 11-sided polygon is called a hendecagon or an endecagon from the Greek endeka- meaning 11, and -gon meaning angle.
A polygon is a plane figure bounded by straight sides. An equilateral polygon is one in which all the sides are of the same length.
A twenty sided polygon is called an icosagon - from the Greek words "icosi", meaning twenty, and "gonus", meaning angle, or knee.
The ancient Greeks because polygon come from a Greek word meaning 'many sides'
Poly means many and polygon means shape of many sides