irregular polygon

Uneven many-sided figure

An irregular polygon is a polygon whose sides are not all the same length or whose angles are not all equal.

Most polygons encountered in everyday life—the outline of a state on a map, a plot of land, a stone tile—are irregular.

The term distinguishes these shapes from regular polygons like equilateral triangles or squares, where all sides and angles match.

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  • shapeExternal outline of something
  • sidesLateral edges or teams
  • anglesRotation between intersecting lines
  • verticesCorner points of shapes
  • jaggedSharply uneven, notched

uneven · asymmetrical · geometry · pentagon · hexagon · crooked · lopsided · wonky · edges · corners · outline · sketch · connect the dots · tessellation · tile · tile pattern · mosaic · crazy quilt

Opposites
geometric regularity

irregular polygonregular polygon

Shape with identical sides, angles

square · equilateral triangle · regular hexagon · regular octagon · rhombus

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irregular, polygon, regular, irregularly, irregularity, irregularities, polygons, polygonal, polyglot

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