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hexacle

hexacle noun: a circumscribed hexagram.

Noun

hexacle (plural hexacles)

  1. A circumscribed hexagram.
    • Regular stellate polyhedra are the three- dimensional analogue to the stars (pentacle, hexacle, etc.) in the plane (Figure 32A and B).1967, Harold Andrew Elliott, Numbers, shapes, and patterns, page 176
    • The example developed in Figures 3 an 4 envisages a hexacle, with arms representing the specific requirements or tolerances of named algae to separae variable characters of the environment.2013, M. Alvarez-Cobelas, editor, Phytoplankton and Trophic Gradients: Proceedings of the 10th Workshop of the International Association of Phytoplankton Taxonomy & Ecology (IAP), held in Granada...

Forms of hexacle

pluralhexacles

Origin of hexacle

First used in the 20th century; based upon the word pentacle and the most recent definition thereof ("a circumscribed pentagram"), applying the same word format to the word "hexagram".

Questions about hexacle

What does hexacle mean?
Hexacle means a circumscribed hexagram.
What part of speech is hexacle?
Hexacle is a noun.
What is the plural of hexacle?
The plural of hexacle is hexacles.

Words near hexacle in the dictionary

  1. hexachords
  2. hexachotomies
  3. hexachotomy
  4. hexachromatic
  5. hexacid
  6. hexacle
  7. hexacles
  8. hexacode
  9. hexacodes
  10. hexaconazole
  11. hexacone

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