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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Octagon  \Oc"ta*gon\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  eight-cornered;  ?  (for  ?  eight)  + 
  ?  an  angle:  cf.F.  cctogone.] 
  1.  (Geom.)  A  plane  figure  of  eight  sides  and  eight  angles. 
 
  2.  Any  structure  (as  a  fortification)  or  place  with  eight 
  sides  or  angles. 
 
  {Regular  octagon},  one  in  which  the  sides  are  all  equal,  and 
  the  angles  also  are  all  equal. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  octagon 
  n  :  an  eight-sided  polygon 




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