heptagonal numbers

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Heptagonal \Hep*tag"o*nal\, a. [Cf. F. heptagonal.]
   Having seven angles or sides.
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   {Heptagonal numbers} (Arith.), the numbers of the series 1,
      7, 18, 34, 55, etc., being figurate numbers formed by
      adding successively the terms of the arithmetical series
      1, 6, 11, 16, 21, etc.
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