chiliagon

From Ancient Greek χιλιάγωνος (khiliágōnos), from χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”). Equivalent to chilia- +‎ -gon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪliəɡən/

chiliagon (plural chiliagons)

1. (geometry, rare) A polygon with a thousand vertices and a thousand edges.
   • 1995, Lorne Falkenstein, Kant's Intuitionism, Toronto, published 2004, page 198:

     If Kant's claim is just that it is impossible to have a sensory experience of the absence of space, then by contrast it is not impossible to have a sensory experience of a chiliagon.

• The term chiliagon is rarely used in mathematics, the term "1000-gon" being preferred.

• 1000-gon

• chiliagonal