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hexagonal
[ hek-sag-uh-nl ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- having a hexagon as a base or cross section:
a hexagonal prism.
- divided into hexagons, as a surface.
- Crystallography. noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization in which three equal axes intersect at angles of 60° on one plane, and the fourth axis, of a different length, intersects them perpendicularly.
hexagonal
/ ɛˈæɡəə /
adjective
- having six sides and six angles
- of or relating to a hexagon
- crystallog relating or belonging to the crystal system characterized by three equal coplanar axes inclined at 60° to each other and a fourth longer or shorter axis at right angles to their plane See also trigonal
hexagonal
/ ĕ-ă′ə-ə /
- Having six sides.
- Relating to a crystal having three axes of equal length intersecting at angles of 60° in one plane, and a fourth axis of a different length that is perpendicular to this plane. The mineral calcite has hexagonal crystals.
- See illustration at crystal
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԲ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·o·Բ· adverb
- d··o·Բ adjective
- pseudo··o·Բ· adverb
- ܲh·o·Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hexagonal1
Example Sentences
Youn and colleagues arranged their seven insulating rods in a kirigami-inspired hexagonal array that, with the turn of a gear, would expand to change the frequency of the higher mode.
All of the medals from the Paris Games also feature an 18-gram, hexagonal piece of wrought iron from the Eiffel Tower.
"I wanted to find a particular roofing slate type, which tends to be hexagonal, with a long point on," he said.
The Olympic and Paralympic medals in Paris are being embedded with pieces from a hexagonal chunk of iron taken from the tower.
These values surpass those of commonly used materials such as silicon dioxide and hexagonal boron nitride.
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