octagon
noun
oc·ta·gon
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Definition of octagon
: a polygon of eight angles and eight sides
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Other Words from octagon
octagonal
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adjective
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octagonally
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adverb
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Examples of octagon in a Sentence
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One canvas shaped as an octagon is painted sky blue, framed in bands of white and speckled with almost invisible metal flakes, as if an abstract version of a Tiepolo ceiling mural. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: In Mary Corse’s light paintings at LACMA, some shadows," 5 Aug. 2019 Lauren Murphy of Anchorage scored a spectacular knockout in a triumphant return to the UFC octagon Saturday in Newark, New Jersey. — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, "Anchorage’s Lauren Murphy uses her knee to knock out foe and return to UFC win column," 4 Aug. 2019 Swapping in a polygon with more sides, such as an octagon, generates negative curvature, like a doughnut’s interior. — New York Times, "‘The logic of the weave’," 29 July 2019 Three days earlier, Newell was in Las Vegas, standing just outside the UFC octagon while training Justin Sumter, a middleweight who was fighting for a UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series TV show. — Jonah Dylan, courant.com, "One-handed MMA fighter Nick Newell of Milford isn’t done chasing dreams yet," 18 July 2019 Lawrence's all-around ability makes him a blur in the octagon, thus the fitting Tornado moniker. — Robert Rimpson, The Courier-Journal, "MMA fighter Lance 'The Tornado' Lawrence is one fight away from his UFC dream," 12 July 2019 From the point of view of hyperbolic geometry, the shapes in Figure 4 are all regular octagons with straight edges. — Quanta Magazine, "Getting Into Shapes: From Hyperbolic Geometry to Cube Complexes and Back," 2 Oct. 2012 The brawl came after Nurmagomedov scaled the octagon to launch an attack on McGregor's team after defeating the Irishman to maintain his unbeaten 27-0 record last year. — Bijan Hosseini, CNN, "Khabib Nurmagomedov to fight Dustin Poirier after suspension ends," 5 June 2019 The upper four tiers are round with plain white icing and a simple ribbon, while the base tier is an octagon shape decorated with ivy sugar work and the couple's initials in a gold cursive script. — Tamara Abraham, Harper's BAZAAR, "Your First Look at Princess Eugenie's Red Velvet Wedding Cake," 6 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'octagon.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for octagon
octagon
noun
English Language Learners Definition of octagon
mathematics
: a flat shape that has eight sides and eight angles
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octagon
noun
oc·ta·gon
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Kids Definition of octagon
: a flat geometric figure with eight angles and eight sides