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  • 1Eight cone — Cone Cone (k[=o]n?), n. [L. conus cone (in sense 1), Gr. kw^nos; akin to Skr. [,c]ana whetstone, L. cuneus wedge, and prob. to E. hone. See {Hone}, n.] 1. (Geom.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right angled triangle about… …

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  • 2Octangular — Oc*tan gu*lar, a. [L. octangulus eight cornered; octo eight + angulus angle.] Having eight angles; eight angled. {Oc*tan gu*lar*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3Octangularness — Octangular Oc*tan gu*lar, a. [L. octangulus eight cornered; octo eight + angulus angle.] Having eight angles; eight angled. {Oc*tan gu*lar*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4octagon — (n.) 1650s, from L. octagonos, from Gk. oktagononos, lit. eight angled, from okta comb. form of okto eight (see EIGHT (Cf. eight)) + gonia angle, related to gony knee (see KNEE (Cf. knee)) …

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  • 5octagon — noun a plane figure with eight straight sides and eight angles. Derivatives octagonal adjective octagonally adverb Origin C16: via L. from Gk octagōnos eight angled …

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  • 6Aachen — • In French, Aix la Chapelle, the name by which the city is generally known; in Latin Aquae Grani, later Aquisgranum Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Aachen     Aachen      …

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  • 7octagonal — a. Eight sided, eight angled …

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  • 8octangular — /ɒkˈtæŋgjələ/ (say ok tanggyuhluh) adjective having eight angles. {Latin octangulus eight angled + ar1} …

  • 9Tirumandhiram — The Tirumantiram, is a Tamil religious poetic work written in the tenth CCE by Tirumular. It consists of over three thousand verses dealing with various aspects of spirituality, ethics and praise of the Hindu God Shiva. The Tirumantiram is the… …

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  • 10octangle — /ok tang geuhl/, adj. 1. octangular. n. 2. octagon. [1605 15; < LL octangulus eight angled, equiv. to L oct OCT + angulus ANGLE] * * * …

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