polygonness

English

Etymology

From polygon +‎ -ness.

Noun

polygonness (uncountable)

1. (mathematics, rare) The state of being a polygon.
   • 1990, Rudolf Haller, Johannes Brandl, Wittgenstein—eine Neubewertung, →ISBN:

     Imagine that humans have failed to grasp the nature of Polygonness and that without realizing it, our conception of the Form is constantly changing and is always mistaken.

   • 1992, Christopher Ives, Zen Awakening and Society, →ISBN, page 38:

     However many times we may add sides to a polygon, it never becomes a circle; to become a circle, the polygon must undergo an absolute negation (of its polygonness).

   • 2001, Gregory Browne, Necessary Factual Truth, →ISBN, page 11:

     For example, quadrilateralness can be analyzed into the attributes polygonness (ie, being a polygon) and four-sidedness.

Synonyms

• polygonality
• polygonhood