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sexangular

/sɛkˈsæŋɡjʊlə/

sexangular adjective: having six angles; hexagonal.

Adjective

sexangular (not comparable)

  1. Having six angles; hexagonal.
    • The sexangular Cels in the Honeycombs of Bees are disposed after this order.1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 189
    • Hence could I also very easily, and I think truly, deduce the cause of the curious sixangular figures of Snow, and the appearances of Haloes, &c. and the sudden thickning of the Sky with Clouds […]1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia

Forms of sexangular

alternative formsixangular

Origin of sexangular

From Late Latin sexangulāris, from sexangulus. By surface analysis, sex- + -angular. Piecewise doublet of hexangular.

Words formed from sexangular

Questions about sexangular

What does sexangular mean?
Sexangular means having six angles; hexagonal.
What part of speech is sexangular?
Sexangular is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sexangular?
Sexangular is pronounced /sɛkˈsæŋɡjʊlə/.

Words near sexangular in the dictionary

  1. sexameter
  2. sexameters
  3. sexangle
  4. sexangled
  5. sexangles
  6. sexangular
  7. sexangularly
  8. sexannulate
  9. sexaquark
  10. sexaquarks
  11. sexarticulate

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