Polygon
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A polygon is a union of disjoint line segments that is path-connected.
Examples:
- no one's figured out how to make a one-sided polygon, but see Mobius strip and Klein bottle
- would be two overlapping line segments
- Triangle - see isosceles triangle, equilateral triangle, right triangle
- Square - a rectangle whose sides are all the same length
- Pentagon
- Hexagon - the shape of a bee hive cell, also used in some board games
- Heptagon - not commonly encountered in everyday life
- Octagon - used for stop signs in the U.S.
