-gon, suffix
(gɒn)
The second element (repr. Gr. -γων-ος, -ον, -angled) of heptagon, hexagon, etc., sometimes used with algebraic symbols (as m-gon, n-gon) which take the place of a Greek numeral; also with numeral prefixed, as 16-gon.
| [1652 News fr. Lowe-Countr. 2 For 'tis not..Trigonall, or Pentagonall, Or any of the Gones at all.] 1867–78 J. Wolstenholme Math. Probl. (ed. 2) Prob. 1853 In the moving circle is described a regular m-gon..The same epicycloid may also be generated by the corners of a regular n-gon. 1898 T. J. McCormack tr. Schubert's Math. Ess. 125 He constructed an inscribed 16-gon. 1964 L. F. Tóth Regular Figures vi. 205 The vertices of a regular 12-gon. |