plural of polygonal fort

(historical) A kind of fortification without bastions, and generally arranged in a ring around the protected area, originating in France in the late 18th century and fully developed in Germany in the first half of the 19th century.

(mechanics) A polygonal figure the sides of which are vectors representing several forces acting simultaneously upon one point, so that the vector necessary to make the figure closed is the resultant of those forces.

(mathematics) A geometric figure formed by connecting, with straight lines, every qth point out of p regularly spaced points that lie on the circumference of a circle.

(geometry) A polygon which is both equiangular and equilateral (i.e. having all sides the same length and all interior angles the same).

(chemistry) A sesquiterpenoid acid, obtained from the water pepper plant, once used as a stimulant or diuretic

plural of regular polygon

plural of polygon mesh

(computer graphics) A collection of vertices, edges and faces that defines the shape of a polyhedral object.

plural of star polygon