hexagram

[ hek-suh-gram ]
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noun
  1. a six-pointed starlike figure formed of two equilateral triangles placed concentrically with each side of a triangle parallel to a side of the other and on opposite sides of the center.

  2. Geometry. a figure of six lines.

Origin of hexagram

1
First recorded in 1860–65; see origin at hexa-, -gram1

Other words from hexagram

  • hex·a·gram·moid, adjective, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for hexagram

hexagram

/ (ˈhɛksəˌɡræm) /


noun
  1. a star-shaped figure formed by extending the sides of a regular hexagon to meet at six points

  2. a group of six broken or unbroken lines which may be combined into 64 different patterns, as used in the I Ching

Derived forms of hexagram

  • hexagrammoid, adjective, noun

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