CONCAVE POLYGON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does concave polygon mean? 

• CONCAVE POLYGON (noun)
  The noun CONCAVE POLYGON has 1 sense:

1. a polygon such that there is a straight line that cuts it in four or more points

  Familiarity information: CONCAVE POLYGON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCAVE POLYGON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A polygon such that there is a straight line that cuts it in four or more points

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("concave polygon" is a kind of...):

polygon; polygonal shape (a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concave polygon"):

reentering polygon; reentrant polygon (a polygon with one or more reentrant angles)

Antonym:

convex polygon (a polygon such that no side extended cuts any other side or vertex; it can be cut by a straight line in at most two points)