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hexade

hexade noun: a series of six numbers, or six things in a series.

Noun

hexade (plural hexades)

  1. A series of six numbers, or six things in a series.
    • You will find the ſtatement to which I allude in the 26th Number, which is in the firſt volume of the ſecond hexade.1805, James S. Stringham, Observations on the Yellow Fever of America: The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 1, page 143
    • The chips (groups of 16) are organized in hexades, which have their I/O busses tied in parallel.1991, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, volume 1, page 1036

Forms of hexade

pluralhexades

Origin of hexade

See hexad.

Questions about hexade

What does hexade mean?
Hexade means a series of six numbers, or six things in a series.
What part of speech is hexade?
Hexade is a noun.
What is the plural of hexade?
The plural of hexade is hexades.

Words near hexade in the dictionary

  1. hexadactylic
  2. hexadactylism
  3. hexadactylous
  4. hexadactyls
  5. hexadactyly
  6. hexade
  7. hexadec-
  8. hexadeca-
  9. hexadecacarbonylhexarhodium
  10. hexadecachora
  11. hexadecachoron

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