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sexangle

sexangle noun: synonym of hexagon (“a polygon with six sides and six angles”).

Noun

sexangle (plural sexangles)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of hexagon (“a polygon with six sides and six angles”).
    • the super parts being taken from the Quadrangle will form the Sexangle1828, James Wilson (translator), Claudius Ptolomaeus, The Tetrabiblos
    Synonyms:
    hexagon

Synonyms of sexangle

Forms of sexangle

pluralsexangles

Origin of sexangle

From Latin sexangulus (“sexangular”), from sex (“six”) + angulus (“angle”). Compare French sexangle and English hexangular. By surface analysis, sex- + -angle. Piecewise doublet of hexangle.

Questions about sexangle

What does sexangle mean?
Sexangle means synonym of hexagon (“a polygon with six sides and six angles”).
What part of speech is sexangle?
Sexangle is a noun.
What is the plural of sexangle?
The plural of sexangle is sexangles.

Words near sexangle in the dictionary

  1. sexaholics
  2. sexaholism
  3. sexalicious
  4. sexameter
  5. sexameters
  6. sexangle
  7. sexangled
  8. sexangles
  9. sexangular
  10. sexangularly
  11. sexannulate

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