oktagonal

Oktagonal is a term that can refer to something having the shape of an octagon. An octagon is a polygon with eight sides and eight angles. In geometry, a regular octagon has eight equal sides and eight equal interior angles, each measuring 135 degrees. The term can also be used metaphorically to describe something that has eight distinct parts or aspects. For example, a company structure might be described as oktagonal if it is organized into eight key departments or functions. In everyday language, the word is less common than its adjective form, "octagonal," which is widely used to describe objects like stop signs or certain architectural features. The root of the word comes from the Greek word "okto," meaning eight.