En geometría, un polígono es una figura plana compuesta por una secuencia limitada de segmentos rectos consecutivos que cierran una región en el plano. Estos segmentos son llamados lados, y los puntos en que se intersectan se llaman vértices. El interior del polígono es llamado área. El polígono es el caso bidimensional del politopo, figura geométrica general definida para cualquier número de dimensiones. A su vez, un politopo de tres dimensiones se denomina poliedro, y de cuatro dimensiones se denomina polícoro.

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In elementary geometry, a polygon /ˈpɒlɪɡɒn/ is a plane figure that is bounded by a finite chain of straight line segments closing in a loop to form a closed chain or circuit. These segments are called its edges or sides, and the points where two edges meet are the polygon's vertices (singular: vertex) or corners. The interior of the polygon is sometimes called its body. An n-gon is a polygon with n sides; for example, a triangle is a 3-gon. A polygon is a 2-dimensional example of the more general polytope in any number of dimensions. The basic geometrical notion of a polygon has been adapted in various ways to suit particular purposes. Mathematicians are often concerned only with the bounding closed polygonal chain and with simple polygons which do not self-intersect, and they often define a polygon accordingly. A polygonal boundary may be allowed to intersect itself, creating star polygons and other self-intersecting polygons. These and other are described below.

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