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Webster 1913 Edition


Hexagon

Hex′a-gon

,
Noun.
[L.
hexagonum
, Gr. [GREEK] six-cornered;
ἕξ
six (akin to E.
six
) + [GREEK] angle.]
(Geom.)
A plane figure of six angles.
Regular hexagon
,
a hexagon in which the angles are all equal, and the sides are also all equal.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hexagon

HEX'AGON

,
Noun.
[Gr. six and an angle.] In geometry, a figure of six sides and six angles. If the sides and angles are equal,it is a regular hexagon. The cells of honeycomb are hexagons, and it is remarkable that bees instinctively form their cells of this figure which fills any given space without any interstice or loss or room.

Definition 2024


Hexagon

Hexagon

See also: hexagon and hexàgon

German

Noun

Hexagon n (genitive Hexagons, plural Hexagone)

  1. hexagon

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hexagon

hexagon

See also: Hexagon and hexàgon

English

A regular hexagon

Noun

hexagon (plural hexagons)

  1. (geometry) A polygon with six sides and six angles.

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