Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Achtzehneck
English translation:
octodecagon
Added to glossary by
Tanja Spath-Nagazi
Feb 9, 2004 14:37
20 yrs ago
German term
Germany
High level of expertise, fast turnaround
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
Works in: English to German, French to German, German to English
Achtzehneck
German to English
Other
Mathematics & Statistics
Leider kein Kontext. Ich hoffe, es ist trotzdem lösbar.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | octodecagon |
NGK
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| 5 +2 | octadecagon |
Edith Kelly
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| 4 | octodecagon |
Elvira Stoianov
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| 3 +1 | octakaidecagon or octadecagon |
Lars Helbig
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Proposed translations
+7
2 mins
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octodecagon
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Reference:
Peer comment(s):
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Sethia
0 min
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| agree |
davidgreen
: yes that should be the name for it...but can you draw one?
1 min
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| agree |
Elvira Stoianov
: lost in explanations :)
2 mins
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| agree |
Edith Kelly
2 mins
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| agree |
Robin Ward
: Yes, must be pretty complicated to draw ....
2 mins
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| neutral |
Cilian O'Tuama
: octO or octA ?
11 mins
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Good point. Google seems to strongly prefer octAdecagon.
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| agree |
Brandis (X)
9 hrs
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| agree |
gangels (X)
9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
4 mins
Elvira Stoianov
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Works in field
Luxembourg
Currently employed in-house
Native in: Romanian 
, Hungarian
Works in: German to Romanian, English to Romanian, Romanian to German, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
octodecagon
based on 12 angles, dodecagon which I remember from maths, I have derived octodecagon, which I have then found under the link below
your word is 18 angles.
your word is 18 angles.
Reference:
+2
5 mins
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in German
&
English
Switzerland
Professional conference interpreter
Native in: German , English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Dutch to German, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
octadecagon
A. Kucera
Peer comment(s):
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Cilian O'Tuama
: funnily enough, octAdecagon seems to be more common than octO...
3 mins
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Octadecagon 19 hits on google, octodecagon 2 hits on google.
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Mario Marcolin
: like octagonal etc....... :)
41 mins
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+1
42 mins
Lars Helbig
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Works in field
Germany
fast & flexible - accurate & aesthetic
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, German
Related KudoZ points
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4
octakaidecagon or octadecagon
Another name for a 18-sided polygon is octakaidecagon, but octadecagon is probably more common.
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Note added at 50 mins (2004-02-09 15:28:45 GMT)
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also see:
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.polygon.names.html
This faq goes a bit more in depth about the naming of polgons.
And Goggle gives for me:
octadecagon = 43 hits
octodecagon = 2 hits (both from the same author)
octakaidecagon = 40 hits
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Note added at 50 mins (2004-02-09 15:28:45 GMT)
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also see:
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.polygon.names.html
This faq goes a bit more in depth about the naming of polgons.
And Goggle gives for me:
octadecagon = 43 hits
octodecagon = 2 hits (both from the same author)
octakaidecagon = 40 hits
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
David Moore (X)
: Math. science seems to lean rather towards "oktakai..." - see http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.polygon.names.html
17 hrs
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