Definition:Polygon/Side
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Definition
The line segments which make up a polygon are known as its sides.
Thus, in the polygon above, the sides are identified as $a, b, c, d$ and $e$.
Also known as
A side of a polygon is also referred to as an edge.
In this context the terms are completely synonymous.
Also see
- Results about sides of polygons can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): edge: 1.
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): polygon
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): edge: 1.
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): polygon
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): side