Rectilinear figures are those which are contained by straight lines, trilateral figures being those contained by three, quadrilateral those contained by four, and multilateral those contained by more than four straight lines.
— Euclid Ancient

Father of geometry

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Definition in 'Elements'

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300 BC

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https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/bookI/defI19.html

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