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  2. Nonagon - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a nonagon (/ ˈ n ɒ n ə ɡ ɒ n /) or enneagon (/ ˈ ɛ n i ə ɡ ɒ n /) is a nine-sided polygon or 9-gon. The name nonagon is a prefix hybrid formation , from Latin ( nonus , "ninth" + gonon ), used equivalently, attested already in the 16th century in French nonogone and in English from the 17th century.

  3. 30 Man-Made Innovations That Were Designed Mimicking Nature’s ...

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    To give you a glimpse of how amazing this connection can be, here's a list of man-made objects that fit the bill. #1 Bird Safe Glass Every day, hundreds of birds die from flying into glass windows.

  4. Patterns in nature - Wikipedia

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    Patterns in nature are visible regularities of form found in the natural world. These patterns recur in different contexts and can sometimes be modelled mathematically . Natural patterns include symmetries , trees , spirals , meanders , waves , foams , tessellations , cracks and stripes. [ 1 ]

  5. List of polygons - Wikipedia

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    A pentagon is a five-sided polygon. A regular pentagon has 5 equal edges and 5 equal angles. In geometry, a polygon is traditionally a plane figure that is bounded by a finite chain of straight line segments closing in a loop to form a closed chain.

  6. List of polygons, polyhedra and polytopes - Wikipedia

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    A polytope is a geometric object with flat sides, which exists in any general number of dimensions. The following list of polygons, polyhedra and polytopes gives the names of various classes of polytopes and lists some specific examples.

  7. A weird, cigar-shaped object flew through the solar system ...

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    The object had a cigar-like shape and was 750 feet by 115 feet in size, or roughly as large as a skyscraper. It was dark red in color and moving inexplicably fast.

  8. List of natural phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Geology: parabola-shaped lava flow illustrates Galileo's law of falling bodies, as well as blackbody radiation. The temperature can be discerned from the color of the blackbody . Meteorological phenomena

  9. Prism (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Example: net of uniform enneagonal prism (n = 9) In geometry , a prism is a polyhedron comprising an n -sided polygon base , a second base which is a translated copy (rigidly moved without rotation) of the first, and n other faces , necessarily all parallelograms , joining corresponding sides of the two bases.