octagonal
English
Alternative forms
- octogonal (obsolete)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- enPR: ŏk-tăgʹə-nl, IPA(key): /ɑkˈtæɡənəl/
Audio (Canada): (file) - Rhymes: -æɡənəl
Adjective
octagonal (not comparable)
- (geometry) Shaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles.
- 1898, Friedrich Ratzel, The History of Mankind, volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., page 325:
- Near Smeinogorsk an octagonal tumulus has been found containing the corpse of a horse near a rectangular one with a human corpse, both within stone circles.
- 1985 April 4, Daryln Brewer, “HELPFUL HARDWARE; AN ARRAY OF SUNDIALS”, in The New York Times[1]:
- The sundials range in shape from octagonal to the usual round. Prices range from $75 to $375.
Derived terms
Translations
shaped like an octagon
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See also
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
octagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural octagonals)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɡtaɡoˈnal/ [oɣ̞.t̪a.ɣ̞oˈnal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: oc‧ta‧go‧nal
Adjective
octagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural octagonales)
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “octagonal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024