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hexagonal

[ hek-sag-uh-nl ]

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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

/ hɛkˈsæɡənəl /

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

/ hĕk-săg′ə-nəl /

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

First recorded in 1565–75; hexagon + -al ¹

Cystin crystals are colorless, highly refractive, rather thick, hexagonal plates with well-defined edges.

Common camphor forms a translucent mass of hexagonal prisms, melting at 175 and boiling at 204.

A rule very commonly used in making drawings of hexagonal nuts is to make the diameter D, across the angles equal to 2d.

The upper part of the stud is screwed, and carries the guard D and an hexagonal nut E. F is the india-rubber.

In shape it is hexagonal, with shafts at the angles rising into an enriched cornice.

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