English
Etymology
From hecto- + -gon.
Pronunciation
Noun
hectogon (plural hectogons)
- (geometry) A polygon having a hundred sides.
- (computing) An individual processor in some parallel processing systems.
Quotations
- 1992 The processing elements ("hectogons") are connected in a hexagonal mesh . . - J.D. Becker, I. Eisele, F.W. Muendemann (eds) - Parallelism, Learning, Evolution: Workshop on Evolutionary Models and Strategies
Synonyms
Translations
geometry
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 百邊形 / 百边形 (bǎibiānxíng)
- Czech: stoúhelník m inan
- Dutch: honderdhoek (nl) m
- East Frisian Low Saxon: hunnertkâant m
- Finnish: 100-kulmio, satakulmio
- German: Hunderteck (de) n
- Japanese: 百角形 (hyakukakukei)
- Korean: 백각형 (baekgakhyeong)
- North Frisian: Hönerthuk m or f (Sylt)
- Polish: stukąt m
- Russian: стоугольник (ru) m (stougolʹnik)
- Saterland Frisian: Hunnertkaant n, Hunderdkaant n
- Spanish: hectágono (es)
- West Frisian: hûnderthoek c, honderthoek c
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References
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