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hexagonal

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hex·ag·o·nal  (hk-sg-nl)
adj.
1. Having six sides.
2. Containing a hexagon or shaped like one.
3. Mineralogy Having three equal axes intersecting at angles of 60° in one plane and one axis of variable length that is perpendicular to the others.
hex·ago·nal·ly adv.
hexagonal [hɛkˈsægənəl]
adj
1. (Mathematics) having six sides and six angles
2. (Mathematics) of or relating to a hexagon
3. (Chemistry) Crystallog relating or belonging to the crystal system characterized by three equal coplanar axes inclined at 60° to each other and a fourth longer or shorter axis at right angles to their plane See also trigonal
hexagonally  adv
hexagonal  (hk-sg-nl)
1. Having six sides.
2. Relating to a crystal having three axes of equal length intersecting at angles of 60° in one plane, and a fourth axis of a different length that is perpendicular to this plane. The mineral calcite has hexagonal crystals. See illustration at crystal.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.hexagonal - having six sides or divided into hexagons
hexangular
Translations
hexagonal [hekˈsægənəl] ADJ → hexagonal
hexagonal [hɛkˈsægənəl] adj → hexagonal(e)
hexagonal
adj → sechseckig, hexagonal
hexagonal [hɛkˈsægən/əl] adj → esagonale
hexagonal [hɛkˈsægən/əl] adj → esagonale


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At the other end of the series we have the cells of the hive-bee, placed in a double layer: each cell, as is well known, is an hexagonal prism, with the basal edges of its six sides bevelled so as to join on to a pyramid, formed of three rhombs.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
Again, when I am in the company of one of my two hexagonal Grandsons, contemplating one of his sides (AB) full front, it will be evident from the accompanying diagram that I shall see one whole line (AB) in comparative brightness (shading off hardly at all at the ends) and two smaller lines (CA and BD) dim throughout and shading away into greater dimness towards the extremities C and D.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
After all the pentagonal, hexagonal, and whimsical faces, which had succeeded each other at that hole without realizing the ideal of the grotesque which their imaginations, excited by the orgy, had constructed, nothing less was needed to win their suffrages than the sublime grimace which had just dazzled the assembly.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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