Definition:Polygon/Chord
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Definition
A chord of a polygon $P$ is a straight line connecting two non-adjacent vertices of $P$:
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.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): diagonal: 1.
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): diagonal: 1.