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Heptagon


A heptagon is a seven-sided polygon. It is also sometimes called a septagon, though this usage mixes a Latin prefix sept- (derived from septua-, meaning "seven") with the Greek suffix -gon (from gonia, meaning "angle"), and is therefore not recommended.

A heptagon with vertices equally spaced around a circle and with all sides the same length is a regular polygon known as a regular heptagon.


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Hexagon, Octagon, Pentagon, Polygon, Regular Heptagon Explore this topic in the MathWorld classroom

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Heptagon." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Heptagon.html

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