-gon

Gon is defined as that a shape has a specific number of angles.

(suffix)

An example of the gon suffix is a five-sided shape; a pentagon.

See -gon in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a figure having (a specified number of) angles: pentagon

Origin: Gr -gōnon < gōnia, an angle: see knee

See -gon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

prefix

Variant of gono-.

suffix

A figure having a specified kind or number of angles: isogon.

Origin:

Origin: Greek -gōnon

Origin: , from

Origin: neuter of gōnos, angled

Origin: , from gōniā, angle; see genu-¹ in Indo-European roots

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