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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

The gray paint peels off the wall in odd and beautiful patterns, each cracked polygon of paint a snowflake of decay.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

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

But on rare occasions, designers choose to build their interactive worlds not from pixels and polygons but from physical materials like cardboard and clay.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 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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