polygon
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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
They whittled down the area to what they came to call the polygon, which left them with several hundred homes around First Avenue in Massapequa Park, law enforcement officials said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
Given that the polygon P1 P3 P5 P7 is a square of area 5, and the polygon P2 P4 P6 P8 is a rectangle of area 4, find the maximum possible area of the octagon.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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"We've seen a lot of fascinating landscapes through Curiosity's eyes, but this sea of polygons took our breath away," said the mission's project scientist, Ashwin Vasavada of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 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
Parched polygons of cracked dirt stretch toward a thin blue water line on the horizon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
There are an infinite number of regular polygons, but only five regular solids.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Vocabulary lists containing polygon
Geometry - Introductory
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 2
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