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octagonal

/ok-tag-uh-nl/US // ɒkˈtæg ə nl //UK // (ɒkˈtæɡənəl) //

八角形,八角形的,八边形

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having eight angles and eight sides.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Later, the square tower was crowned with an octagonal turret, sometimes with a conical roof, as in Cremona and Modena cathedrals.

  • The angles are emphasized by octagonal projections, the panelling of which seems to have ruled that of the whole structure.

  • In the 16th century an octagonal lantern in two strings crowned with a conical roof was added.

  • An octagonal tower of two storeys rises above the corbelled eaves.

  • In the center of this is an octagonal area inclosed by a second line of ramparts or walls.