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Re: part 2951 [Off topic word usage]
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Fri, 14 Jan 2000 14:26:01 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Chris Dee writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, John VanZwieten writes:
> > A hexagon is 6-sided; I think a 16 sided polygon is a hexadecagon, but I'm
> > not certain.
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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 !
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, but they will agree you wrote or said it correctly. So I suggest we
simply write "16-gon" to refer to a polygon with 16 sides.
David
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