A polygon can have any number of sides. The prefix 'poly' means many, so a polygon is a 'many sided' plane figure. The prefix poly can be replaced by other prefixes meaning definite numbers of sides. A pentagon, for example, has five sides, an octagon has eight sides, and a decagon has ten sides.
It means 'many' sides
Poly is the word for many, probably Greek.
tenthousandagon >It's still called a polygon because 'poly' means 'many' so a polygon can be a triangle, square, pentagon, etc.... Basically, any shape but a circle
A polygon can have any amount of sides - three or more, that is. There is a lovely Wikipedia page on polygons, it can help with any other polygon questions you may have: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygon
Poly means many and polygon means shape of many sides
polygon < πολύγωνο < πολύ + γωνίαπολύ = multi-, manyγωνία = angleSo polygon = "multiangled"
Poly means "many". Polygon is "many sides" (literally "many angles")."Poly" is also used in several other words with the same meaning, like polygamy (many marriages) and polytechnic (many technical fields).
A line?? It's impossible to have a polygon with only one side, hence the "poly" meaning many.
Greek: "poly-" from polus, meaning many. "gon" from gonia, meaning angle. Hence, many angles and implicitly many sides.
A polygon can have any number of sides. The prefix 'poly' means many, so a polygon is a 'many sided' plane figure. The prefix poly can be replaced by other prefixes meaning definite numbers of sides. A pentagon, for example, has five sides, an octagon has eight sides, and a decagon has ten sides.
Polygon comes from two parts: Poly -> Many Gon -> angle So literally: poly-gon = many-angles. A polygon is a plane with more than two corners
Most star shaped items are referred to as a "polygon" The prefix poly- meaning "many" and the affix -gon meaning "sides" meaning many or multiple sides. In all reality, it's known as either a polygon or a 10-gon.
The suffix "-poly" means many or much. It is commonly used in scientific terminology to indicate multiple or excessive amounts of something.
It means 'many' sides
Poly has a similar meaning with multi-.
Poly is the word for many, probably Greek.