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hexlet

hexlet noun: a chain of six spheres, each of which is tangent to both of its neighbours and also to three mutually tangent given spheres.

Noun

hexlet (plural hexlets)

  1. A chain of six spheres, each of which is tangent to both of its neighbours and also to three mutually tangent given spheres.

Forms of hexlet

pluralhexlets

Questions about hexlet

What does hexlet mean?
Hexlet means a chain of six spheres, each of which is tangent to both of its neighbours and also to three mutually tangent given spheres.
What part of speech is hexlet?
Hexlet is a noun.
What is the plural of hexlet?
The plural of hexlet is hexlets.

Words near hexlet in the dictionary

  1. hexit
  2. hexite
  3. hexitol
  4. hexitols
  5. hexits
  6. hexlet
  7. hexlets
  8. hexoaminidase
  9. hexoaminidases
  10. hexobarbital
  11. hexobarbitone

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