hexagram
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.
Geometry. a figure of six lines.
Origin of hexagram
1Other words from hexagram
- hex·a·gram·moid, adjective, noun
Words Nearby hexagram
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How to use hexagram in a sentence
The inner circle depicts a triple Tau, with a hexagram where the bases join, and beneath is the Ace of Cups.
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot | L. W. de LaurencePascal—who discovered the "Mystic hexagram" at the age of sixteen.
Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume II (of 3) | George John RomanesParacelsus ascribes a similar, though a lesser degree of virtue to the hexagram.
The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy | Charles John Samuel ThompsonThe hexagram at ten years old would be a hundred times less unlikely.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) | Augustus De MorganThe celebrated theorem, "Pascal's hexagram," makes all the rest come very easy.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) | Augustus De Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for hexagram
/ (ˈhɛksəˌɡræm) /
a star-shaped figure formed by extending the sides of a regular hexagon to meet at six points
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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