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hexagon

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hexagon /ˈhɛksəˌgɑːn/ Brit /ˈhɛksəgən/ noun
plural hexagons
hexagon
/ˈhɛksəˌgɑːn/ Brit /ˈhɛksəgən/
noun
plural hexagons
Learner's definition of HEXAGON
[count] mathematics
: a flat shape that has six angles and six sides六角形;六边形 see picture at geometry

— hexagonal

/hɛkˈsægənl̟/ adjective
TOEFL BNC: 25422 COCA: 29116

hexagon

noun

hexa·​gon ˈhek-sə-ˌgän How to pronounce hexagon (audio)
: a polygon of six angles and six sides

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The hardware itself is also cheaper and simpler than a typical planetary science mission—Nova-C is a slender five-footed hexagon about the size of a British telephone booth. Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 28 July 2022 Each hexagon was about 4 inches thick, about 55 inches in diameter and weighed hundreds of pounds when it was sent to a company in Alabama to be machined. Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland, 15 July 2022 As well as illuminating a work area with solid light, the Cololight hexagon lights also have built-in microphones that pick up audio and then create a light show that keeps time with the music being played. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 Also built to Puckett's specifications were a gazebo in the backyard that overlooks a pond and a hexagon-shaped exercise and training room in the basement. Nancy Ngo, Star Tribune, 24 May 2021 Each hexagon represents the number of stocks that performed in this range during a multiday period. Akane Otani, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2021 The researchers now used a similar but larger hexagon of prisms placed in a fish tank. Philip Ball, Scientific American, 11 June 2013 There is also a sun room — three sides of windows with a glass roof that a hexagon. Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2020 So in a mosaic of hexagonal bath tiles, for example, each cell is a hexagon, which has six vertices. Quanta Magazine, 19 Nov. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Greek hexagōnon, neuter of hexagōnos hexagonal, from hexa- + gōnia angle — more at -gon

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hexagon was in 1570
TOEFL BNC: 25422 COCA: 29116

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