octagonal
having eight angles and eight sides.
Origin of octagonal
1Other words from octagonal
- oc·tag·o·nal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby octagonal
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How to use octagonal in a sentence
By generation 36, it was clear that the pattern was not circular but rather octagonal.
At the University of Reading farm, the researchers laid out about 26-foot octagonal rings.
Bees and butterflies have trouble smelling flowers in polluted air | Maggie Galloway | January 19, 2022 | Popular-ScienceLater, the square tower was crowned with an octagonal turret, sometimes with a conical roof, as in Cremona and Modena cathedrals.
The angles are emphasized by octagonal projections, the panelling of which seems to have ruled that of the whole structure.
In the 16th century an octagonal lantern in two strings crowned with a conical roof was added.
An octagonal tower of two storeys rises above the corbelled eaves.
In the center of this is an octagonal area inclosed by a second line of ramparts or walls.
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British Dictionary definitions for octagonal
/ (ɒkˈtæɡənəl) /
having eight sides and eight angles
of or relating to an octagon
Derived forms of octagonal
- octagonally, adverb
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