Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having six sides.
- adjective Containing a hexagon or shaped like one.
- adjective Mineralogy Having three equal axes intersecting at angles of 60° in one plane and one axis of variable length that is perpendicular to the others.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having six sides and six angles; having the form of a hexagon.
- Divided into hexagons: as, a surface with a hexagonal structure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having six sides and six angles; six-sided.
- adjective (Crystal.) See under
Crystallization .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective geometry Having six
edges , or having across-section in the form of ahexagon . - adjective crystallography Having three
equal axes which cross at 60°angles , and anunequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having six sides or divided into hexagons
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Examples
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This arrangement is referred to as "hexagonal closest packing;" something often seen in honeycombs or oranges stacked at a fruit stand.
Matt J. Rossano: Are Infinities More Scientific Than God? Matt J. Rossano 2011
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This arrangement is referred to as "hexagonal closest packing;" something often seen in honeycombs or oranges stacked at a fruit stand.
Matt J. Rossano: Are Infinities More Scientific Than God? Matt J. Rossano 2011
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The match, the first of 10 games in the final round - commonly referred to as the 'hexagonal' - will kickoff at 7 p.m.
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The match, the first of 10 games in the final round - commonly referred to as the 'hexagonal' - will kickoff at 7 p.m.
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The top two teams in each group will advance to the final regional qualifying round, the so-called hexagonal, with the top three teams in that group advancing to the World Cup in Brazil.
NYT > Home Page By JACK BELL 2011
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The top two teams in each group advance to the final six-nation qualifying round, which has come to be known as the hexagonal, with play starting early in 2013.
NYT > Home Page By JACK BELL 2011
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The Fire Rainbow happens when you have high-altitude sunlight (58 degrees or higher) hitting special types of ice crystals known as hexagonal plate crystals, found naturally in very-high altitude cirrus clouds.
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The Honeycomb Inexplicably Offset Icon Grid is still arranged in the same way, but the actual honeycomb graphics-that is, the hexagonal icon ...
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The Honeycomb Inexplicably Offset Icon Grid is still arranged in the same way, but the actual honeycomb graphics-that is, the hexagonal icon containers that filled the original matrix-have been done away with.
Gizmodo 2009
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The Honeycomb Inexplicably Offset Icon Grid is still arranged in the same way, but the actual honeycomb graphics-that is, the hexagonal icon containers that filled the original matrix-have been done away with.
Gizmodo 2009
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