A "polygon" is a figure on a plane (2-dimensional — like a piece of paper) where all the sides are straight lines, and the lines connect to form a closed region. Here are a few polygons:
N-Sides | Name | Interior Angle | |
---|---|---|---|
3 | Triangle (or Trigon) | 60° | |
4 | Square (or Tetragon) | 90° | |
5 | Pentagon | 108° | |
6 | Hexagon | 120° | |
7 | Septagon | 128.571° | |
8 | Octagon | 135° | |
9 | Nonagon (or Enneagon) | 140° | |
10 | Decagon | 144° | |
11 | Hendecagon | 147.273° | |
12 | Dodecagon | 150° | |
13 | Triskaidecagon | 152.308° | |
14 | Tetrakaidecagon | 154.286° | |
15 | Pentadecagon | 156° | |
16 | Hexadecagon | 157.500° | |
17 | Heptadecagon | 158.824° | |
18 | Octadecagon | 160° | |
19 | Enneadecagon | 161.053° | |
20 | Icosagon | 162° | |
30 | Triacontagon | 168° | |
40 | Tetracontagon | 171° | |
50 | Pentacontagon | 172.800° | |
60 | Hexacontagon | 174° | |
70 | Heptacontagon | 174.857° | |
80 | Octacontagon | 175.500° | |
90 | Enneacontagon | 176° | |
100 | Hectagon | 176.400° | |
1000 | Chiliagon | 179.640° | |
10000 | Myriagon | 179.964° | |
100000 | Megagon | 179.996° | |
10100 | Googolgon | ~180° | |
n | n-gon | (n-2) * 180 / n |