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polygon

[pol-ee-gon] / ˈpɒl iˌgɒn /


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The enormous polygon field is the latest in a long series of unexpected discoveries made by Curiosity since it landed on Mars 14 years ago, on Aug. 5, 2012.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

We wander back wet, down to Castillo Square, down to the ghosts of Bar Milano, a stand-in for Bar Torino, and Café Suizo, where the fiesta unravels in insults, a love polygon and fisticuffs.

From Salon Nov. 8, 2025

A love triangle stretches to encompass more people and form a shifting polygon.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

But the software did not upload the correct evacuation area polygon to IPAWS, possibly due to a network disruption, the report said.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2025

But it’s complete enough for his daughter to use if she must: the irregular polygon of the island framed by ramparts, each of its eight hundred and sixty-five buildings in place.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Researchers are now studying how ice wedge polygons, a common Arctic landscape feature, influence how water and carbon move toward coastal areas.

From Science Daily Apr. 4, 2026

Vast polygons mark forest concessions covering 11 million hectares in the DRC, some of which exist only on paper.

From Barron's Feb. 26, 2026

The interface showed purple cow icons confined within red polygons — virtual fences that shock the cattle via collars should they stray.

From Salon Dec. 4, 2025

“We want them to come back and be the classic beautiful white salt flats that they should be,” Andler said of her appreciation for the salt polygons.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2024

There were known to be five regular or “platonic” solids, whose sides were regular polygons, as known to the ancient Greek mathematicians after the time of Pythagoras.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan



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