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CONCAVE POLYGON
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I. (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)