Polygon (disambiguation)

A polygon is a geometric figure.

Polygon may also refer to:

Mathematics and computing

• Simple polygon, a single contiguous closed region, the more common usage of "polygon"
• Star polygon, a star-like polygon
• Polygon (computer graphics), a representation of a polygon in computer graphics

Companies

• Polygon (blockchain), an Indian company
• Polygon Bikes, an Indonesian bike company
• Polygon Books, an imprint of Birlinn Limited
• Polygon Pictures, Japanese 3DCG anime studio
• Polygon Records, a 1950s record company

Places

• A military training area is sometimes referred to as a "polygon" by speakers from Central and Eastern Europe when using English. This usage stems from a false friend of the word "polygon" in languages such as Polish, Ukrainian, and Russian, where it denotes a testing or training ground. The term likely derives from the French polygone and German Polygon, which acquired military connotations in the 19th and 20th centuries referring to Polygonal fort.
• Semipalatinsk Test Site, a nuclear test site near Semey, Kazakhstan is also known as "The Polygon"
• The Polygon, Southampton, a district in the city of Southampton
• Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium, site of the Battle of Passchendaele in World War I

Other uses

• Polygon (film) a 1977 Soviet animation film
• Polygon (website), a video game website
• POLYGON experiment, an experiment in physical oceanography which established the existence of mesoscale eddies
• Polygon Man, the former mascot for the Sony PlayStation in North America
• Polygon, a Danish magazine (pencil and paper) version of the strategy board game Hex
• Polygon, a chemical compound also known as sodium triphosphate
• Polygons, a type of patterned ground created by permafrost expanding and contracting

See also

• Poligon Creative Centre
• Polygone, an electronic warfare tactics range between Germany and France
• The Polygon (disambiguation)
• Porygon