"star polygon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: star polygons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} star polygon (plural star polygons)
  1. (geometry) A geometric figure formed by connecting, with straight lines, every vertex of a p-sided regular polygon to the qth vertex beyond it (proceeding, consistently, either clockwise or anticlockwise). Categories (topical): Geometry, Polygons Synonyms: regular star polygon Hyponyms: pentagram, star pentagon, hexagram, star hexagon, heptagram, star heptagon, octagram, star octagon
    Sense id: en-star_polygon-en-noun-S~ncorKt Disambiguation of Polygons: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  2. Any such geometrical figure, or any of certain other types of figure of similar appearance whose general construction is not formally defined.
    Sense id: en-star_polygon-en-noun-7fh~KUBM

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