chilogone

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek from χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) and γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).

Noun

chilogone m (plural chilogones)

1. a polygon with 1000 sides and 100 angles
   • 1905, Henri Poincaré, La Valeur de la Science:

     Nous raisonnons par intuition sur les polygones en général, qui comprennent le chilogone comme cas particulier.

     We reason by intuition about polygons in general, of which the chilogon is a particular case.

Further reading

• “chilogone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.