Definition:Polygon/Chord

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Definition

A chord of a polygon $P$ is a straight line connecting two non-adjacent vertices of $P$:

ChordOfPolygon.png

In the above diagram, $DF$ is a chord of polygon $ABCDEFG$.


Also known as

A chord of a polygon is also known as a diagonal.


Also defined as

Some texts require that a chord of a polygon $P$ should lie completely in the interior of $P$.


Also see

  • Results about chords of polygons can be found here.


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