"polygonal" meaning in English

See polygonal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pəˈlɪɡənəl/ [UK] Audio: en-us-polygonal.ogg [US]
Etymology: polygon + -al Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|polygon|al}} polygon + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} polygonal (not comparable)
  1. Having many angles; hence characteristic of a polygon. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having many angles): πολύγωνος (polúgōnos) (Ancient Greek), مُضَلَّع (muḍallaʕ) (Arabic), বহুভুজাকৃতি (bohubhujakriti) (Bengali), многоъгълен (mnogoǎgǎlen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), poligonal (Catalan), mnohoúhelníkový (Czech), veelhoekig (Dutch), plurangula (Esperanto), plurlatera (Esperanto), multangula (Esperanto), monikulmio- (Finnish), polygonaalinen (Finnish), polygonal (French), მრავალკუთხა (mravalḳutxa) (Georgian), mehreckig (German), vieleckig (German), πολύγωνος (polýgonos) [masculine] (Greek), πολυγωνικός (polygonikós) [masculine] (Greek), poligonális (Hungarian), sokszög (Hungarian), polagánach (Irish), poligonale (Italian), yl-lhiatteeagh (Manx), wielokątny (Polish), wieloboczny (Polish), poligonal (Portuguese), многоуго́льный (mnogougólʹnyj) (Russian), mnohouholníkový (Slovak), poligonal (Spanish), månghörnig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-polygonal-en-adj-XDFsd5os Disambiguation of 'having many angles': 98 2
  2. Comprised of polygons. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-polygonal-en-adj-SZrUR16W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: polygonal fort, polygonal mesh, polygonal numbers

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      "sense": "having many angles",
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