Literary notes about polygon (AI summary)
The term "polygon" has been employed in literature in a remarkably diverse fashion, ranging from precise geometrical discourse to evocative descriptions of physical spaces. In some texts, such as those attributed to Thomas Jefferson, it is used in a highly technical sense to denote measurable figures—transforming any polygon into an equivalent square, inscribing regular polygons in circles, or even discussing polygons in relation to rotations and velocities [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. Conversely, in literary works like Jane Austen’s letters and H. G. Wells’s narrative, the word signifies specific physical locations—a designated ground or a peculiar patch of terrain, lending a sense of spatial character to the setting [6, 7, 8, 9]. Even in translations, such as Benito Pérez Galdós’s work, "polygon" is acknowledged in its geometrical meaning [10]. This multiplicity of applications illustrates how "polygon" bridges the gap between mathematical precision and imaginative description.
- To transform any polygon into an equivalent square.—Measure of the area of a polygon.—Measure of the area of a trapezoid.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Polygon of velocities.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Composition of any number of rotations about axes cutting one another at the same point; parallelopiped and polygon of rotations.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Every regular polygon can be inscribed and circumscribed to the circle.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The sum of the sides of a spherical triangle, or of any spherical polygon, is less than the circumference of a great circle.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - There is also a piece of ground, called a polygon, for exercising artillerymen to the manœuvers of cannon and other firearms of great range.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Quitting the fortress by a bridge over the ditch, in an angle of which the Duc d’Enghien was shot, we entered on the Polygon or practice ground.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Mrs. Bertie lives in the Polygon, and was out when we returned her visit, which are her two virtues.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen by Jane Austen - Then suddenly through a polygon of green, in the half darkness under the luxuriant growth, I saw the creature we were hunting.
— from The island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells - polígono m polygon.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós