Definition of octagon in English:

octagon

noun ˈɒktəɡ(ə)n

1A plane figure with eight straight sides and eight angles.
八边形，八角形
Example sentencesExamples
- You may know about a pentagon, a hexagon, or an octagon.
- If you think of an octagon as a square with its corners cut off, you'll realize how simple the shape truly is.
- Each vertex triangle of the octagon is a vertex triangle of one such parallelogram.
- The octagon is the symbol of the meeting between heaven and earth because it is a compromise half way between a square and a circle.
- The place was shaped like an octagon, the second floor merely a balcony over the first, large fiberglass pillars supporting the platform.
- The octagon represents one of the three sacred treasures of the Japanese imperial court: the sacred mirror.
- When the four flat pages are folded out, they form an octagon.
- They considered a square, a rectangle, even an octagon.
- It was a building taller than another in the city, in the shape of an octagon, but with circular shafts on each corner.
- You'll find that the interior angle of a regular octagon is 135 degrees.
- We can go ahead and bend the octagon into three dimensions to get an idea of the topology generated by this tiling of the hyperbolic plane.
- A bout in the controversial sport takes place in an octagon shaped ring surrounded by wire mesh.
- The octagon, suggests Perrin, was chosen for its resonance with the baptistries of the ancient and gothic worlds.
- It was an odd octagon shape with large windows along the five outer walls.
1. 1.1 An object or building with an octagonal plan or cross section.
  八角形物体；八角形建筑
  Example sentencesExamples
  That octagon in the background is one of the Cuban clinics.
  The Chicago studio had an octagon room with sketches on the walls.
  Even more astonishing is his chapel, designed by Einhard on the basis of the mystic octagon.
  To make a tapered octagon barrel involves an expensive custom made fixture.
  The octagon coffee table in the middle of the room was covered with a round doily and a vase of fresh flowers in the center.
  The medallion itself was an octagon with curved sides and a yin-yang symbol, but now it was glowing along with the animal orbs.
  This can be repeated to transform the octagon into a sixteen-sided figure on which the base of the dome may rest.
  At any given fight, Leon's on one side of the octagon, I'm on the other.
  The house is formed of four octagons and no rectangular shapes or flat walls.
  Only a handful of gunsmiths have the ability to cut a tapered octagon barrel.
  He glared savagely at the ball in his hands; the black octagons were marred by the white powder of the ceiling.
  The octagon is then placed on the white stand, where it is fixed into a star formation with the help of a metal bracket.
  The main center block and the octagons at each end were built between 1860 and 1862.
  Discarded pieces from games may turn up stars, triangles or octagons.
  The burger's much smaller now, chiselled into a rough octagon.
  The heavy, stiff octagon barrel has a lot to do with this.
  A group of paper octagons followed the cloth pieces.
  Goodbye to the quaint packaging, goodbye to the fruit-and-nut delight, and so-long to the vanilla octagon.
  The octagon is formed by a kind of train-track motif that jogs around a flower-blossom design.
  The magazine tube holds 10 rounds and the tapered octagon barrel is 20 inches long.

Derivatives

octagonally

adverb-ˈtaɡ(ə)n(ə)li

Origin

Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek octagōnos 'eight-angled'.

Definition of octagon in US English:

octagon

noun

1A plane figure with eight straight sides and eight angles.
八边形，八角形
Example sentencesExamples
- You may know about a pentagon, a hexagon, or an octagon.
- They considered a square, a rectangle, even an octagon.
- The octagon, suggests Perrin, was chosen for its resonance with the baptistries of the ancient and gothic worlds.
- The octagon represents one of the three sacred treasures of the Japanese imperial court: the sacred mirror.
- It was a building taller than another in the city, in the shape of an octagon, but with circular shafts on each corner.
- The place was shaped like an octagon, the second floor merely a balcony over the first, large fiberglass pillars supporting the platform.
- The octagon is the symbol of the meeting between heaven and earth because it is a compromise half way between a square and a circle.
- Each vertex triangle of the octagon is a vertex triangle of one such parallelogram.
- A bout in the controversial sport takes place in an octagon shaped ring surrounded by wire mesh.
- It was an odd octagon shape with large windows along the five outer walls.
- If you think of an octagon as a square with its corners cut off, you'll realize how simple the shape truly is.
- We can go ahead and bend the octagon into three dimensions to get an idea of the topology generated by this tiling of the hyperbolic plane.
- When the four flat pages are folded out, they form an octagon.
- You'll find that the interior angle of a regular octagon is 135 degrees.
1. 1.1 An object or building with a plan or cross section of this shape.
  八角形物体；八角形建筑
  Example sentencesExamples
  A group of paper octagons followed the cloth pieces.
  The burger's much smaller now, chiselled into a rough octagon.
  The Chicago studio had an octagon room with sketches on the walls.
  This can be repeated to transform the octagon into a sixteen-sided figure on which the base of the dome may rest.
  He glared savagely at the ball in his hands; the black octagons were marred by the white powder of the ceiling.
  The medallion itself was an octagon with curved sides and a yin-yang symbol, but now it was glowing along with the animal orbs.
  To make a tapered octagon barrel involves an expensive custom made fixture.
  The heavy, stiff octagon barrel has a lot to do with this.
  Only a handful of gunsmiths have the ability to cut a tapered octagon barrel.
  Discarded pieces from games may turn up stars, triangles or octagons.
  Goodbye to the quaint packaging, goodbye to the fruit-and-nut delight, and so-long to the vanilla octagon.
  Even more astonishing is his chapel, designed by Einhard on the basis of the mystic octagon.
  That octagon in the background is one of the Cuban clinics.
  The house is formed of four octagons and no rectangular shapes or flat walls.
  At any given fight, Leon's on one side of the octagon, I'm on the other.
  The octagon is formed by a kind of train-track motif that jogs around a flower-blossom design.
  The octagon is then placed on the white stand, where it is fixed into a star formation with the help of a metal bracket.
  The main center block and the octagons at each end were built between 1860 and 1862.
  The magazine tube holds 10 rounds and the tapered octagon barrel is 20 inches long.
  The octagon coffee table in the middle of the room was covered with a round doily and a vase of fresh flowers in the center.

Origin

Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek octagōnos ‘eight-angled’.

单词	octagon
释义	Definition of octagon in English: octagon noun ˈɒktəɡ(ə)n 1A plane figure with eight straight sides and eight angles. 八边形，八角形 Example sentencesExamples You may know about a pentagon, a hexagon, or an octagon. If you think of an octagon as a square with its corners cut off, you'll realize how simple the shape truly is. Each vertex triangle of the octagon is a vertex triangle of one such parallelogram. The octagon is the symbol of the meeting between heaven and earth because it is a compromise half way between a square and a circle. The place was shaped like an octagon, the second floor merely a balcony over the first, large fiberglass pillars supporting the platform. The octagon represents one of the three sacred treasures of the Japanese imperial court: the sacred mirror. When the four flat pages are folded out, they form an octagon. They considered a square, a rectangle, even an octagon. It was a building taller than another in the city, in the shape of an octagon, but with circular shafts on each corner. You'll find that the interior angle of a regular octagon is 135 degrees. We can go ahead and bend the octagon into three dimensions to get an idea of the topology generated by this tiling of the hyperbolic plane. A bout in the controversial sport takes place in an octagon shaped ring surrounded by wire mesh. The octagon, suggests Perrin, was chosen for its resonance with the baptistries of the ancient and gothic worlds. It was an odd octagon shape with large windows along the five outer walls. 1.1 An object or building with an octagonal plan or cross section. 八角形物体；八角形建筑 Example sentencesExamples That octagon in the background is one of the Cuban clinics. The Chicago studio had an octagon room with sketches on the walls. Even more astonishing is his chapel, designed by Einhard on the basis of the mystic octagon. To make a tapered octagon barrel involves an expensive custom made fixture. The octagon coffee table in the middle of the room was covered with a round doily and a vase of fresh flowers in the center. The medallion itself was an octagon with curved sides and a yin-yang symbol, but now it was glowing along with the animal orbs. This can be repeated to transform the octagon into a sixteen-sided figure on which the base of the dome may rest. At any given fight, Leon's on one side of the octagon, I'm on the other. The house is formed of four octagons and no rectangular shapes or flat walls. Only a handful of gunsmiths have the ability to cut a tapered octagon barrel. He glared savagely at the ball in his hands; the black octagons were marred by the white powder of the ceiling. The octagon is then placed on the white stand, where it is fixed into a star formation with the help of a metal bracket. The main center block and the octagons at each end were built between 1860 and 1862. Discarded pieces from games may turn up stars, triangles or octagons. The burger's much smaller now, chiselled into a rough octagon. The heavy, stiff octagon barrel has a lot to do with this. A group of paper octagons followed the cloth pieces. Goodbye to the quaint packaging, goodbye to the fruit-and-nut delight, and so-long to the vanilla octagon. The octagon is formed by a kind of train-track motif that jogs around a flower-blossom design. The magazine tube holds 10 rounds and the tapered octagon barrel is 20 inches long. Derivatives octagonally adverb-ˈtaɡ(ə)n(ə)li Origin Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek octagōnos 'eight-angled'. Definition of octagon in US English: octagon noun 1A plane figure with eight straight sides and eight angles. 八边形，八角形 Example sentencesExamples You may know about a pentagon, a hexagon, or an octagon. They considered a square, a rectangle, even an octagon. The octagon, suggests Perrin, was chosen for its resonance with the baptistries of the ancient and gothic worlds. The octagon represents one of the three sacred treasures of the Japanese imperial court: the sacred mirror. It was a building taller than another in the city, in the shape of an octagon, but with circular shafts on each corner. The place was shaped like an octagon, the second floor merely a balcony over the first, large fiberglass pillars supporting the platform. The octagon is the symbol of the meeting between heaven and earth because it is a compromise half way between a square and a circle. Each vertex triangle of the octagon is a vertex triangle of one such parallelogram. A bout in the controversial sport takes place in an octagon shaped ring surrounded by wire mesh. It was an odd octagon shape with large windows along the five outer walls. If you think of an octagon as a square with its corners cut off, you'll realize how simple the shape truly is. We can go ahead and bend the octagon into three dimensions to get an idea of the topology generated by this tiling of the hyperbolic plane. When the four flat pages are folded out, they form an octagon. You'll find that the interior angle of a regular octagon is 135 degrees. 1.1 An object or building with a plan or cross section of this shape. 八角形物体；八角形建筑 Example sentencesExamples A group of paper octagons followed the cloth pieces. The burger's much smaller now, chiselled into a rough octagon. The Chicago studio had an octagon room with sketches on the walls. This can be repeated to transform the octagon into a sixteen-sided figure on which the base of the dome may rest. He glared savagely at the ball in his hands; the black octagons were marred by the white powder of the ceiling. The medallion itself was an octagon with curved sides and a yin-yang symbol, but now it was glowing along with the animal orbs. To make a tapered octagon barrel involves an expensive custom made fixture. The heavy, stiff octagon barrel has a lot to do with this. Only a handful of gunsmiths have the ability to cut a tapered octagon barrel. Discarded pieces from games may turn up stars, triangles or octagons. Goodbye to the quaint packaging, goodbye to the fruit-and-nut delight, and so-long to the vanilla octagon. Even more astonishing is his chapel, designed by Einhard on the basis of the mystic octagon. That octagon in the background is one of the Cuban clinics. The house is formed of four octagons and no rectangular shapes or flat walls. At any given fight, Leon's on one side of the octagon, I'm on the other. The octagon is formed by a kind of train-track motif that jogs around a flower-blossom design. The octagon is then placed on the white stand, where it is fixed into a star formation with the help of a metal bracket. The main center block and the octagons at each end were built between 1860 and 1862. The magazine tube holds 10 rounds and the tapered octagon barrel is 20 inches long. The octagon coffee table in the middle of the room was covered with a round doily and a vase of fresh flowers in the center. Origin Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek octagōnos ‘eight-angled’.
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