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In geometry, a myriagon is a polygon with 1000 sides. In a regular myriagon, each angle is 179.964 degrees. Its name was derived from the classical Greek word "myriad", which means 1000. Table of Geometry, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... Look up polygon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Ten thousand (10000) is the natural number following 9999 and preceding 10001. ... Myriad is a classical Greek name for the number 104 = 10 000, or a group of 10 000 people, etc. ...
In Flatland, the "Chief Circle" is said to be a myriagon. The cover to Flatland, 6th Edition. ...
That will look identical to a regular myriagon, since the 10,000 sides of a myriagon of any reasonable size will be too small to distinguish.
For example, with a diameter of 10 feet (a rather large drawing!), the circumference would be 31.4 feet, and 1/10,000 of this, the approximate size of an edge of the inscribed myriagon, would be a little more than 1/32 of an inch.
On the other hand, if you don't need a _regular_ myriagon, just make a 100 by 100 array of points and do a dot-to-dot on them, maybe a zigzag up and down the columns, to connect them all in one loop.
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