Megagonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

mega- +‎ -gon

発音

名詞

megagon (plural megagons)

1. (geometry) A polygon with one million sides.
   • 1999, Mark Dugopolski, College Algebra and Trigonometry, page 505:

     Find the constant of proportionality for a decagon, kilogon, and megagon.

   • 2003, Stan Gibilisco, Geometry Demystified:

     There can exist a regular polygon with 1000 sides (this might be called a "regular kilogon"), 1,000,000 sides (a "regular megagon"), or 1,000,000,000 sides (a "regular gigagon").

   • 2007, Arthur Greenberg, From Alchemy to Chemistry in Picture and Story:

     A megagon is close to the perfection of a circle — a kind of generational transmutation.

2. (geometry, mathematics) A polygon with a vastly larger number of sides, used in the definition of Moser's number.

同意語

• 1000000-gon