regular octagon

Equilateral eight-sided shape

A regular octagon is an eight-sided polygon with all sides equal in length and all interior angles equal.

Stop signs are the most familiar example.

The modifier regular distinguishes it from irregular octagons, which have sides or angles of varying measure.

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interior angle · symmetry · vertices · angles · tessellation · shape · equilateral · perimeter · area · tile · floor tile · honeycomb · crystal · facets · prism · compass · protractor · drawing

Opposites
number of sides

regular octagonequilateral triangle

Three-sided figure, sides identical

regular hexagon · point · square · line segment

geometric complexity

regular octagoncircle

Curved closed shape

point · line segment · irregular polygon · straight line · ellipse

Family

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