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exagon

exagon noun: a six-sided figure; hexagon.

Noun

exagon (plural exagons)

  1. A six-sided figure; hexagon.
    • In the exagon, an equilateral triangle is made upon each of the sides. The octagon may be traced in the same manner as the exagon ; that is, by making an equilateral triangle upon each side : but as this construction is difficult in the practice, the author gives the following: find the square one...1773, Louis-André de La Mamie Clairac, The field engineer of M. le Chevalier de Clairac, page 25
    • Around this facet G looks like an exagon (diagram 1).1988, Joan S. Birman, Anatoly Libgober, Braids, page 681

Examples of exagon in a sentence

  • In the exagon, an equilateral triangle is made upon each of the sides.1773, Louis-André de La Mamie Clairac, The field engineer of M. le Chevalier de Clairac, page 25:
  • The hypotetical structure we consider is a two dimensional one, and is built up of exagons,1997, Massimiliano Giona, Giuseppe Biardi, Fractals and Chaos in Chemical Engineering, →ISBN:

Forms of exagon

pluralexagons

Questions about exagon

What does exagon mean?
Exagon means a six-sided figure; hexagon.
How do you use exagon in a sentence?
In the exagon, an equilateral triangle is made upon each of the sides.
What part of speech is exagon?
Exagon is a noun.
What is the plural of exagon?
The plural of exagon is exagons.

Words near exagon in the dictionary

  1. exaggeratory
  2. exaggregate
  3. exagitate
  4. exagitation
  5. exagitations
  6. exagon
  7. exagons
  8. exagram
  9. exagramme
  10. exagrammes
  11. exagrams

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