Meanings
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adj
Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal.
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adj
having six sides or divided into hexagons
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3
adj
Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.
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Synonyms
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adj
· having six sides or divided...
hexangular
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sexagonal
Word family
Derived forms
dihexagonalhexagonalityhexagonallynonhexagonalorthohexagonalpseudohexagonalquasihexagonalsemihexagonalsubhexagonaltrihexagonal
Etymology
From hexagon + -al. Piecewise doublet of sexagonal.