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Re: 11-gon
Posted:
Dec 8, 2004 11:12 AM
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On 3 Dec 04 22:42:29 -0500 (EST), G. Maurice wrote:
>An 11-gon does not have an actual name because the names that are 3
to
>10 are based on latin.
G.Maurice,they are all GREEK ,and all have names.
11-gon [is not undecagon ]
it is one +ten-gon= 'ena+deka-gon='endecagon=hendecagon(taking into
account the DASEA ['] i.e. (accentuation)spirit.
Regards from Athens,
Panagiotis Stefanides
<a href="http://www.stefanides.gr">http://www.stefanides.gr</a>
It is much simpler to just say 11-gon for an
>11 sided figure. Or a 50-gon for a fifty sided figure.
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>On 29 Nov 04 20:30:46 -0500 (EST), Corey Christensen wrote:
>>Hello All,
>>I have never posted here before, and stumbled across this site while
>>searching for this question: "Why doesn't an 11-gon have an actually
>>name like "decagon"?" Maybe you can help. It would be greatly
>>appreciated. Thanks
>>Corey Christensen
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