octagon

Polygon, eight sides

An octagon is a polygon with eight sides and eight angles.

The shape appears in stop signs, architectural elements, and fighting rings: The UFC octagon has become iconic.

The adjective is octagonal: an octagonal window.

geometry

polygon

Multisided plane figure

  • verticesCorner points of shapes
  • anglesRotation between intersecting lines
  • sidesLateral edges or teams

perimeter · area · diagonals · convex · regular · irregular · two-dimensional · tessellation · plane · apothem

UFC

cage

Barred confinement structure

bout · championship · referee · canvas · fence · cutman · cornerman · weigh-in · knockout · submission

architecture

pagoda

Tiered Asian temple tower

dome · tower · baptistry · lantern · cupola · belvedere · folly · bandstand · kiosk · turret

number

eight

Number after seven

octad · octonary

gemcut

brilliant

Intensely bright or gifted

pavilion · crown · table · girdle · carat · clarity · cutting · lapidary · gemstone · faceted

stopsign

traffic

Movement along routes

regulatory · warning · roadway · highway · reflective · posted · mounted · driver · halt · crosswalk

shapes

hexagon

Six-sided closed figure

pentagon · quadrilateral · triangle · dodecagon · parallelogram · rhombus · trapezoid · square · rectangle · circle

Categories
Opposites
number of sides

octagontriangle

Three-sided plane figure

square · pentagon · hexagon · heptagon · nonagon

curved versus angular

octagoncircle

Curved closed shape

ellipse · oval · sphere · curved shape · curve

Phrases
Family

octagonal, octagons

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G