hexagonal
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- adjective
- /hɛkˈsæɡənl/
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hexagonal
- The beekeeper pointed out how hexagonal cells are efficient for storing honey in the hive.
- hexagonal mesh
- hexagonal lattice
- hexagonal grid
Design is based on the silky hexagonal form of the carbon atom.
- Design is based on the silky hexagonal form of the carbon atom.
- And if each one has a score less than the hexagonal packing, you can dismiss it.
- I went to Trevelyan College, which is famously A hexagonal building.
- It's like a six pointed star with ferns off each leg that would form a hexagonal pattern.
- The universe which others call the Library, is composed of an indefinite, perhaps infinite, number of hexagonal galleries.
Examples
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Straight ahead were six hexagonal openings stacked three across and two high.
Fiction book (2002) -
After several minutes, Riker realized the lines described a hexagonal pattern like the cells in a honeycomb.
Fiction book (1992) -
And then these holes are hexagonal instead of round.
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So imagine that you had just a regular hexagonal honeycomb like this.
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Hidden along this edge is a small hexagonal vent.
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I don't have a strong preference, but I do like the hexagonal shape and the size.
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Design is based on the silky hexagonal form of the carbon atom.
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Each cap is a meshwork of hexagonal cells with round holes in the center of each cell.
Academic text (1990) -
"All snowflakes are based on a hexagonal form, due to the molecular structure of water," Wergin notes.
Academic text (1995) -
This is their regular Faber Casale and I really like the hexagonal barrel, the six sided barrel, not the round barrel.
Synonyms
A flat shape with six straight sides and six corners
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Etymology
Hexagonal comes from Greek parts hex- 'six' and -gonal from a word for 'angle' or 'corner'. So it means 'having six angles' or six sides, like a honeycomb cell which is a six-sided shape.