 | | Re: part 2951 [Off topic word usage] —Eric Hampusgård
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| | | John Jensen write... (...) <Warning Type=Nitpick> I believe the word for 16 is Hex, thus a 16 edged (star?) would be named a Hexagon. Just thought I'd give you a name to use. Fredrik is much better in explaining what you asked for so I'll leave it (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | Re: part 2951 [Off topic word usage] —John VanZwieten
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| | | | Eric Hampusgård <purjo@hem.passagen.se> wrote in message news:Fo9tCB.FH2@lugnet.com... (...) A hexagon is 6-sided; I think a 16 sided polygon is a hexadecagon, but I'm not certain. -John Van (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | | Re: part 2951 [Off topic word usage] —Chris Dee
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| | | | (...) Yes, I think it is a hexadecagon too, but I thought I'd confirmed this in my dictionary once, but now it's not there ! Chris (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | | Re: part 2951 [Off topic word usage] —David A. Karr
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| | | | (...) I too think it's hexadecagon or something like that, but had similar difficulty confirming it. I do know, however, that if you write or say "16-gon" in front of a typical group of mathematicians, not only will they know exactly what you mean, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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