In the Greek. It is in this language that we can clearly find the etymological origin of the term polygon that we are going to analyze in depth below. More precisely, we can determine that that origin is found in the union of two words: poly , which can be translated as "many", and gono, which is synonymous with "angle". Therefore, starting from this structure, it is clear that literally a polygon is that which has many angles.
A polygon is the geometric figure of a plane that is established by straight lines. It is a flat fragment that is made up of consecutive segments without alignment, which are called sides.
There are various classifications of polygons. A simple polygon is known as one in which two of its non-consecutive edges do not intersect. In the complex polygon, on the other hand, two of its edges that are not consecutive do intersect.
Other types of polygons are concave (when a line crosses it it can cut it in more than a couple of points), convex (when it is crossed by a straight line, it interrupts it in no more than two points), regular (its sides and angles are equal), irregular (their sides and angles are unequal), equiangular (all their angles are equal) and equilateral (all their sides comply with the property of equality).
Regarding the shape of their sides, polygons can be rectilinear (their sides are straight segments) or curvilinear (at least one of their sides is curved). When a polygon has more than two dimensions, on the other hand, it can be called a polyhedron (in three dimensions), polychorus (in four dimensions) or polytope (in n dimensions).
Those polygons whose sides are not in the same plane, for their part, are named as warped polygons.
Outside of geometry, a polygon is the unit of an urban area developed in a land that has been delimited to value it from the cadastral point of view; by subjects related to industrial planning or the ordering of the locality; or for any other reason.
In this sense, and qualifying a bit what has been stated in this last aspect, it must be emphasized that currently the term polygon is widely used in the industrial field to refer to the urban area that exists in a city or town and that is formed by a group of warehouses and facilities where various companies have their businesses located.
Thus, it is frequent that on the outskirts of many cities we find polygons where there are from large commercial areas to factories of various kinds, passing through car repair establishments or even cleaning them.
For all these reasons, it is important to highlight that this type of polygon has become the industrial and commercial heart of those population centers where they exist, since it is there where a large part of their economic growth takes place.
A shooting range, finally, is able to practice shooting space with various measures of security.
In this case we can establish that the aforementioned firing ranges may be intended for the exclusive and particular use of the members of the army or the security forces of a country or, if it is of a business nature, for the use of the same by the different people who are part of a club.