OCTAGONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does octagonal mean? 

• OCTAGONAL (adjective)
  The adjective OCTAGONAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or shaped like an octagon

  Familiarity information: OCTAGONAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCTAGONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or shaped like an octagon

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

octagonal; octangular

Pertainym:

octagon (an eight-sided polygon)

 Context examples 

An octagonal opening, about 70 nm across, where the inner and outer membranes of the nuclear envelope are continuous.

(Nuclear Pore, NCI Thesaurus)

With a courteous bow, he opened for me himself the door to the octagonal room, and I entered my bedroom....

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The Count halted, putting down my bags, closed the door, and crossing the room, opened another door, which led into a small octagonal room lit by a single lamp, and seemingly without a window of any sort.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)