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Grammar : Noun
Spell : hek-suh-gon, -guh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛk səˌgɒn, -gən

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Définition of hexagon

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Latin hexagonum, from Greek hexagonon, from hex "six" (see hexa-) + gonia "angle" (see knee (n.)).
  • As in Star of David : noun six-pointed star
  • As in six : noun six of something
Example sentences :
  • To file a hexagon, or six-sided nut will be a good test with a file.
  • Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
  • For a hexagon head we have the processes, Figures 170 and 171.
  • Extract from : « Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught » by Joshua Rose
  • Of these three geometrical figures, the hexagon most completely unites.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Sports: » by William Martin
  • Of the three figures, the hexagon is the most proper for convenience and strength.
  • Extract from : « Animal Intelligence » by George J. Romanes
  • Why, in the infinity of polygons, has the instinct of these insects only chosen one hexagon?
  • Extract from : « Everyday Objects » by W. H. Davenport Adams
  • When the six sides are completed, prepare the hexagon baseboard to suit.
  • Extract from : « Rustic Carpentry » by Paul N. Hasluck
  • Have an assortment, in different sizes, of both the square and the hexagon nuts.
  • Extract from : « Farm Mechanics » by Herbert A. Shearer
  • For a hexagon nut this angle may be shown to be one of 15°, as in Fig. 444.
  • Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose
  • In this case, for example, we have "hexagon" from the Greek words for "six" and "angle."
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • The building is hexagon shape and we look into half the hexagon.
  • Extract from : « More Portmanteau Plays » by Stuart Walker

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