Enneagon:
In geometry, a nonagon (or enneagon) is a nine-sided polygon.The name "nonagon" is a hybrid formation, from Latin (nonus, "ninth" + gonon), used equivalently, attested already in the 16th century in French nonogone and in English from the 17th century. The name "enneagon" comes from Greek enneagonon, (εννεα, nine + γωνον (from γωνία = corner)), and is arguably more correct, though somewhat less common.
A regular nonagon has internal angles of 140°. The area of a regular nonagon of side length a is given by
A = \frac{9}{4}a^2\cot\frac{\pi}{9}\simeq6.18182\,a^2.
Although a regular nonagon is not constructible with compass and straightedge there are methods of construction that produce very close approximations.
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