chiliagon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χιλιάγωνος (khiliágōnos), from χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”). Equivalent to chilia- +‎ -gon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪliəɡən/

Noun

chiliagon (plural chiliagons)

1. (geometry, rare) A polygon with a thousand vertices and a thousand edges.
   • 1995, Lorne Falkenstein, Kant's Intuitionism, Toronto, published 2004, page 198:

     If Kant's claim is just that it is impossible to have a sensory experience of the absence of space, then by contrast it is not impossible to have a sensory experience of a chiliagon.

Usage notes

• The term chiliagon is rarely used in mathematics, the term "1000-gon" being preferred.

Synonyms

• 1000-gon

Related terms

• chiliagonal

Translations

1000-sided polygon

• Dutch: duizendhoek (nl) m
• Finnish: 1000-kulmio, tuhatkulmio
• French: chiliogone (fr) m
• German: Tausendeck (de) n
• Hungarian: ezerszög (hu)
• Ido: kiliogono (io)
• Italian: chiliagono (it) n
• Polish: tysiącokąt m
• Portuguese: quilógono (pt), quiliágono
• Russian: тысячеугольник (ru) m (tysjačeugolʹnik)
• Slovene: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: chiliágono m
• Swedish: tusensiding c
• Ukrainian: тисячокутник (tysjačokutnyk)