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hexagon - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A polygon with six sides and six angles.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun In geometry , a figure of six sides and six angles. If it be plane and the sides and angles are equal, it is a regular hexagon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun (Geom.) A plane figure of six angles.
noun a hexagon in which the angles are all equal, and the sides are also all equal.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun A polygon with six sides and six angles.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin hexagōnum , from Greek hexagōnos , having six angles : hexa- , hexa- + -gōnos , angled; see –gon.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
hexa- + -gon
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You can see why the author chose a hexagon al grid for this encryption scheme: the hexagon is the most-sided polygon that yields a regular tessellation of the plane.
Wolfram Blog : Secret Codes in The Wolfram Demonstrations Project (But No Dinosaurs) 2008
The hexagon is nearly 15,000 miles (25,000 kilometers) across.
Bizarre Hexagon Spotted on Saturn | Impact Lab 2007
Also, CNN will be using something called "Crimson Hexagon technology," which is critical, because the hexagon is the most sci-fi of all the polygons.
CNN's Election Night Will Be Full Of Mindbending Technological Overkill The Huffington Post News Team 2010
Also, CNN will be using something called "Crimson Hexagon technology," which is critical, because the hexagon is the most sci-fi of all the polygons.
CNN's Election Night Will Be Full Of Mindbending Technological Overkill The Huffington Post News Team 2010
Also, CNN will be using something called "Crimson Hexagon technology," which is critical, because the hexagon is the most sci-fi of all the polygons.
CNN's Election Night Will Be Full Of Mindbending Technological Overkill Jason Linkins 2010
Also, CNN will be using something called "Crimson Hexagon technology," which is critical, because the hexagon is the most sci-fi of all the polygons.
CNN's Election Night Will Be Full Of Mindbending Technological Overkill The Huffington Post News Team 2010
Also, CNN will be using something called "Crimson Hexagon technology," which is critical, because the hexagon is the most sci-fi of all the polygons.
CNN's Election Night Will Be Full Of Mindbending Technological Overkill The Huffington Post News Team 2010
Also, CNN will be using something called "Crimson Hexagon technology," which is critical, because the hexagon is the most sci-fi of all the polygons.
CNN's Election Night Will Be Full Of Mindbending Technological Overkill Jason Linkins 2010
Of the three figures, the hexagon is the most proper for convenience and strength.
The Life of the Bee Maurice Maeterlinck 1905
The hexagon is a six-sided figure which, if inscribed in a circle, will have each of its sides equal to the radius of that circle (Fig. 206).
The Theory and Practice of Perspective 1876
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