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heptagon
Meaning: a flat shape with seven straight sides and seven angles
heptagon in a sentence
How heptagon is used in real sentences:
The British fifty-pence coin is shaped like a rounded heptagon with seven curved sides.
The architect designed the pavilion's roof as a heptagon so that seven support beams would meet evenly at the center.
“In one condition, seven jurors sit along the seven edges of a heptagon table, so no person occupies a clear head position.”
— from the passage Inside the Jury Room
Synonyms for heptagon
Other words for heptagon — septagon and 7-gon — carry the same meaning.
- septagon
- 7-gon
Where it comes from
From Greek hepta 'seven' + gonia 'angle'
Word parts
- hept, sept — seven
heptagon: hept (seven) + -agon (angle, from Greek gonia)
Memory hook
HEPTA (seven) + GON (angle) — a seven-angled shape.