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单词 hendecagon
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Definition of hendecagon in English:

hendecagon

noun hɛnˈdɛkəɡ(ə)nhɛnˈdɛkəˌɡɑn
  • A plane figure with eleven straight sides and angles.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The regular hendecagon cannot be constructed using the classical Greek rules of geometric construction.
    • The loonie is a seven-gram, 11-sided disk - technically a hendecagon - 26.5 millimetres in diameter and 1.75 millimetres thick.
    • Though hendecagons are the most flexible polygons we have examined, there is a downside.
    • The hendecagons in the model are not quite regular.

Derivatives

  • hendecagonal

  • adjectiveˌhɛndɪˈkaɡ(ə)n(ə)l
    • Likewise, the Susan B. Anthony dollar, in addition to its hendecagonal design, was nice because it featured a leader of the women's suffrage movement.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After a few hendecagonal dollar coins' worth of beer every real Canadian begins to sound off his maniacal laughing leading into the falsetto wailing loon call.
      • The failure of the Susan B. Anthony dollar was largely attributed to its quarter-like size and appearance; it was originally hendecagonal to get around this very problem, but coin people would only take round.

Origin

Early 18th century: from hendeca- 'eleven' + -gon, on the pattern of words such as polygon.

 
 

Definition of hendecagon in US English:

hendecagon

nounhenˈdekəˌɡänhɛnˈdɛkəˌɡɑn
  • A plane figure with eleven straight sides and angles.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The loonie is a seven-gram, 11-sided disk - technically a hendecagon - 26.5 millimetres in diameter and 1.75 millimetres thick.
    • Though hendecagons are the most flexible polygons we have examined, there is a downside.
    • The regular hendecagon cannot be constructed using the classical Greek rules of geometric construction.
    • The hendecagons in the model are not quite regular.

Origin

Early 18th century: from hendeca- ‘eleven’ + -gon, on the pattern of words such as polygon.

 
 
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