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UK
/pˌɒlˈɪɡənəl/
]
[ US /pəˈɫɪɡənəɫ/ ]
[ US /pəˈɫɪɡənəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons
polygonal structure
How To Use polygonal In A Sentence
- She stood in the doorway at the end of the corridor, looking into a small polygonal room with a sloping ceiling.
- The second year included rowlock and bonded segmental arches; blocking, toothing, and corbeling; building and bonding of vaulted walls; polygonal and circular walls, piers and chimneys; fire-places and flues. One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America
- The east end is apsidal with three polygonal apses and there is a later bell tower at the south side.
- The cells of the epicarp are broad and polygonal, sometimes regularly four-sided, about 15-35 µ broad. All About Coffee
- The study on polygonal or chordal action, the associated impact between rollers and sprockets and dynamic loading in the system is carried out with different motion laws.
- Patterns In Mars Crater Floors Give Picture Of Drying Lakes (Sep. 16, 2009) - Networks of giant polygonal troughs etched across crater basins on Mars have been identified as desiccation cracks caused by evaporating lakes, providing further evidence of a warmer, wetter martian ... > read more Undefined
- The style of the choir, imitating the polygonal structure of the chevets of medieval churches, was most likely chosen to blend in with the dynamic composition of the nave.
- The chambers are usually square, rectangular, or polygonal in plan and often show structural compartmentalization with side cells opening from the main chamber.
- Proteins, pectins, polysaccharides and glycolipids, organized in a three-dimensional polygonal frame are part of the structural elements.
- This volume is the product of the distance between the cutting planes and the area of the polygonal ring on the base.