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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Names of polygons #91041 01/04/2003 7:52 PM Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2 MO, USA johnison stranger johnison stranger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2 MO, USA Like most people, I am familiar with the names for common polygons, such as pentagon, hexagon and octagon for polygons of 5, 6 and 8 sides, respectively. I now find myself in need of a word to describe a 15-sided polygon. Does anybody here know if there is such a word? Is there a rule of thumb for the naming of polygons of various numbers of sides? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Names of polygons johnison 01/04/2003 7:52 PM Re: Names of polygons Buffalo Shrdlu 01/04/2003 8:14 PM Re: Names of polygons Buffalo Shrdlu 01/04/2003 8:31 PM Re: Names of polygons wwh 01/04/2003 9:27 PM Re: Names of polygons Buffalo Shrdlu 01/04/2003 9:31 PM Re: Names of polygons wwh 01/04/2003 10:33 PM Re: Names of polygons Capfka 01/05/2003 1:12 AM Re: Names of polygons wwh 01/05/2003 2:33 AM Re: Names of polygons wwh 01/05/2003 3:19 AM Re: Names of polygons johnison 01/05/2003 2:34 PM Re: Names of polygons wwh 01/05/2003 2:56 PM Re: Names of polygons wwh 01/05/2003 4:12 PM geometers emanuela 01/07/2003 6:09 AM 3,5, 17,255... there is a rule... TEd Remington 01/07/2003 10:47 AM Re: 3,5, 17,255... there is a rule... emanuela 01/07/2003 12:13 PM blushing... correction emanuela 01/07/2003 12:20 PM 4294967297? Faldage 01/07/2003 2:24 PM Re: I wwh 01/07/2003 2:46 PM too lazy to look it up wofahulicodoc 01/07/2003 5:28 PM Re: too lazy to look it up Faldage 01/07/2003 5:52 PM mersenne and fermat emanuela 01/07/2003 5:55 PM Re: mersenne and fermat Faldage 01/07/2003 6:00 PM ^^^^^^ emanuela 01/07/2003 6:05 PM Re: ^^^^^^ AnnaStrophic 01/07/2003 6:16 PM Re: ^^^^^^ Faldage 01/07/2003 6:21 PM Re: geometers wwh 01/07/2003 1:56 PM Re: Names of polygons rav 01/05/2003 4:46 PM Re: Names of polygons AnnaStrophic 01/05/2003 5:38 PM Re: Names of polygons wwh 01/05/2003 5:46 PM Re: Names of polygons wwh 01/05/2003 5:51 PM Re: Names of polygons rav 01/05/2003 9:36 PM a knotty problem wofahulicodoc 01/05/2003 9:45 PM Re: jar rav 01/05/2003 9:32 PM Post deleted by wwh wwh 01/06/2003 4:41 PM Re: easy regular pentagon construction wwh 01/07/2003 1:06 AM Re: Names of polygons TEd Remington 01/05/2003 1:32 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,371 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,200 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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