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Definitions

Suffix

1. 1
   Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of internal angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons). morpheme

   "A pentagon has five sides."

Synonyms

All synonyms

angle

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”).

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