Polygon (disambiguation)

A polygon is a geometric figure.

Polygon may also refer to:

Mathematics and computing

Companies

Places

  • A military training area is sometimes referred to as a "polygon" by speakers from Central and Eastern Europe when using English. This usage stems from a false friend of the word "polygon" in languages such as Polish, Ukrainian, and Russian, where it denotes a testing or training ground. The term likely derives from the French polygone and German Polygon, which acquired military connotations in the 19th and 20th centuries referring to Polygonal fort.
  • Semipalatinsk Test Site, a nuclear test site near Semey, Kazakhstan is also known as "The Polygon"
  • The Polygon, Southampton, a district in the city of Southampton
  • Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium, site of the Battle of Passchendaele in World War I

Other uses

  • Polygon (film) a 1977 Soviet animation film
  • Polygon (website), a video game website
  • POLYGON experiment, an experiment in physical oceanography which established the existence of mesoscale eddies
  • Polygon Man, the former mascot for the Sony PlayStation in North America
  • Polygon, a Danish magazine (pencil and paper) version of the strategy board game Hex
  • Polygon, a chemical compound also known as sodium triphosphate
  • Polygons, a type of patterned ground created by permafrost expanding and contracting

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