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- noun a polygon with 100 edges, vertices, and angles.
- noun Common misspelling of
hexagon . - noun Common misspelling of
heptagon .
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Examples
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Half a dozen farm-estates formed a hectagon around it, but these belonged to ancient men who displayed themselves only as inert, gray-thatched lumps in the back of limousines on their way to the station, whither they were sometimes accompanied by equally ancient and doubly massive wives.
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Half a dozen farm-estates formed a hectagon around it, but these belonged to ancient men who displayed themselves only as inert, gray-thatched lumps in the back of limousines on their way to the station, whither they were sometimes accompanied by equally ancient and doubly massive wives.
qroqqa commented on the word hectagon
The maid appeared, bearing a triangular tray upon which was set an heroic-sized tea service of bright white china, each piece a hectagon.
—Dorothy Parker, 'Glory in the Daytime'
Presumably the intended meaning is a hexagon, influenced by 'hepta-' and 'hecto-'.
September 15, 2008