gon
angle, corner
Greek · gonia (γωνία)
Gon comes from Greek gonia, angle or corner. A polygon has many angles, a diagonal line runs corner to corner, and a goniometer is a tool that measures angles.
Memory trick
Poly-gon: many angles, so many corners.
Words from this root
- polygon (poly + gon) — shape with many straight sidesबहुभुज
- polygonal (poly + gon + al) — having many sidesबहुभुजीय
- diagonal (dia + gon + al) — line joining opposite cornersविकर्ण
- diagonally (dia + gon + al + ly) — slantwise, corner to cornerतिरछे, कोने से कोने तक
- trigon (tri + gon) — triangleत्रिभुज
- trigonal (tri + gon + al) — having three anglesतीन कोनों वाला
- tetragonal (tetra + gon + al) — having four anglesचार कोनों वाला
- heptagon (hepta + gon) — shape with seven sidesसप्तभुज
- heptagonal (hepta + gon + al) — having seven sidesसात भुजाओं वाला
- octagon (octa + gon) — shape with eight sidesअष्टभुज
- octagonal (octa + gon + al) — having eight sidesआठ भुजाओं वाला
- pentagonal (penta + gon + al) — having five sidesपाँच भुजाओं वाला
- goniometer (gonio + meter) — instrument for measuring anglesकोण मापने का यंत्र
- agonic (a + gon + ic) — having no angleबिना कोण वाला