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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek χιλιάγωνος (khiliágōnos), from χίλιοι (khílioi, thousand) + γωνία (gōnía, angle). Equivalent to chilia- +‎ -gon.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪliəɡən/
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Noun

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chiliagon (plural chiliagons)

  1. (geometry, rare) A polygon with a thousand vertices and a thousand edges.
    • 1995, Lorne Falkenstein, Kant's Intuitionism, Toronto, published 2004, page 198:
      If Kant's claim is just that it is impossible to have a sensory experience of the absence of space, then by contrast it is not impossible to have a sensory experience of a chiliagon.

Usage notes

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  • The term chiliagon is rarely used in mathematics, the term "1000-gon" being preferred.

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