Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hectogon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hec-to-gon
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A polygon having a hundred sides.

noun

An individual processor in some parallel processing systems.

Etymology

From hecto- + -gon.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hecto
Suffix: gon

Inflected Forms

hectogons (plural) hectagon (alternative)

Synonyms

100-gon

Questions

What does hectogon mean?: A polygon having a hundred sides.
Where does hectogon come from?: From hecto- + -gon.

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