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hexagonal

/hɛkˈsæɡ.ə.nəl/

hexagonal adjective: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.

hexagonal: A geometric pattern forms a spiral design
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Adjective

hexagonal (not comparable)

  1. Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
    • Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal.
    • If we just plopped down a dot for every observation we’d end up with an undifferentiated black blob, so the weathergami technique visualizes frequency of temperature pairs: we divide the chart area into a fine hexagonal grid, and then color each hexagon according to how many daily observations fall...2023 November 9, Christopher Ingram, ““Weathergami” charts paint new portrait of Minnesota climate”, in Minnesota Reformer
  2. Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.

hexagonal meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

hexagonal in Tamil

அறுங்கோண, அறுகோண, ஆறுமுக, அறுகோணம், அறுபக்கமுள்ள

hexagonal in Urdu

مسدس

hexagonal in Bengali

geometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
ষড়ভুজাকৃতি śoṛbhujakriti

hexagonal in Kannada

hexagonal
ಷಟ್ಕೋನ ṣaṭkōna
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hexagonal in Tagalog
nimsihain

Examples of hexagonal in a sentence

  • A dihexagonal pyramid is composed of two hexagonal pyramids placed base to base.
  • The plesiohedra include such well-known shapes as the cube, hexagonal prism, rhombic dodecahedron, and truncated octahedron.
  • E.g., orthochrysotile is an orthorhombic chrysotile, orthopyroxene is a pyroxene that forms orthorhombic crystals, orthohexagonal is having orthorhombic hexagonal symmetry.

All 20 example sentences with hexagonal

Synonyms of hexagonal

Origin of hexagonal

From hexagon + -al. Piecewise doublet of sexagonal.

Words formed from hexagonal

Phrases with hexagonal

Words that rhyme with hexagonal

Questions about hexagonal

What does hexagonal mean?
Hexagonal means having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
What is hexagonal in Tamil?
Hexagonal in Tamil is அறுங்கோண, அறுகோண, ஆறுமுக. See Hexagonal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hexagonal?
Hexagonal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce hexagonal?
Hexagonal is pronounced /hɛkˈsæɡ.ə.nəl/.

Words near hexagonal in the dictionary

  1. hexaglot
  2. hexaglutamate
  3. hexaglutamates
  4. hexaglutamylated
  5. hexagon
  6. hexagonal
  7. hexagonal number
  8. hexagonal prism
  9. hexagonal prisms
  10. hexagonal water
  11. hexagonality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hexagonal (page history and authors); hexagonal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hexagonal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಷಟ್ಕೋನ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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