polygonness
nounEtymology From polygon + -ness.
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Mathematics, Sciences Rare The state of being a polygon.
- 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.1990, Rudolf Haller, Johannes Brandl, Wittgenstein—eine Neubewertung, →ISBN:
- 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).1992, Christopher Ives, Zen Awakening and Society, →ISBN, page 38:
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- For example, quadrilateralness can be analyzed into the attributes polygonness (ie, being a polygon) and four-sidedness.2001, Gregory Browne, Necessary Factual Truth, →ISBN, page 11:
- Synonyms
- polygonality, polygonhood