polygon

For longer bridges the funicular polygon affords a method of determining maximum bending moments which is perhaps more convenient.

Fig. 69 b is the polygon of external forces, and 69 c is half the reciprocal figure.

The regiment had evacuated Polygon Wood on the night of the third.

It is the most northern part of Central America, in shape like a polygon, with the southern side the longest.

The term polygon is applied to figures having flat sides equidistant from a common centre.