hexagonal
pronunciation
How to pronounce hexagonal in British English:
UK [heks'æɡənl]
How to pronounce hexagonal in American English:
US [hɛkˈsæɡənəl]
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- Adjective:
- having six sides or divided into hexagons
Word Origin
- hexagonal (adj.)
- 1570s, from hexagon + -al (1). Related: Hexagonally.
Example
- 1. Czas result from refraction of sunlight in hexagonal ice crystals that make up cirrus clouds .
- 2. The corridors are decorated by windows of every shape : spuare , round , hexagonal and octagonal .
- 3. Microwave transmission behavior of the single dissymmetrical hexagonal split-ring resonators .
- 4. He has instead looked to the hexagonal matrices of snowflakes , which as structurally supported objects combine high volume with low weight .
- 5. From a hexagonal , high-tech base on his own private island ( the self-proclaimed empire of north dumpling ) , he hatches grandiose plans to save humanity .