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.

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.

Hexagon

See also: hexagon and hexàgon

German

Noun

Hexagon n ‎(genitive Hexagons, plural Hexagone)

hexagon

Declension

Declension of Hexagon

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Hexagon	die	Hexagone
genitive	eines	des	Hexagons	der	Hexagone
dative	einem	dem	Hexagon	den	Hexagonen
accusative	ein	das	Hexagon	die	Hexagone

Synonyms

Sechseck

hexagon

See also: Hexagon and hexàgon

English

A regular hexagon

Noun

hexagon ‎(plural hexagons)

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

Derived terms

Lemoine hexagon
Tucker hexagon

Related terms

hexagonal

Translations

A polygon with six sides and six angles

Afrikaans: heksagoon, seshoek
Albanian: gjashtëkëndësh (sq) m
Armenian: վեցանկյուն (hy) ‎(vecʿankyun)
Asturian: hexágonu m
Bengali: ষড়ভুজ ‎(ṣôŗbhuj)
Bulgarian: шестоъгълник (bg) m ‎(šestoǎgǎlnik)
Catalan: hexàgon (ca) m
Czech: šestiúhelník (cs) m
Dutch: zeshoek (nl) m
Esperanto: seslatero, heksagono, sesangulo
Finnish: kuusikulmio (fi), heksagoni (fi)
French: hexagone (fr) m
Galician: hexágono (gl) m
German: Sechseck (de) n, Hexagon (de) n
Greek: εξάγωνο (el) m ‎(exágono)
Hebrew: מְשׁוּשֶּׁה (he) m ‎(meshushé)
Hungarian: hatszög (hu)
Icelandic: sexhyrningur m
Ido: hexagono (io)
Irish: heicseagán m
Italian: esagono (it) m
Japanese: 六角形 ‎(ろっかくけい, rokkakukei)
Kannada: ಷಟ್ಕೋನ (kn) ‎(ṣaṭkōna)

Korean: 육각형 (ko) ‎(yuggaghyeong)
Latvian: sešstūris m
Lithuanian: šešiakampis m
Malay:
Rumi: heksagon (ms)
Maori: tapaono
Navajo: hastą́ągo bízniikʼą́, hastą́ą́góó adeezʼá
Norwegian:

Bokmål: heksagon m, sekskant m

Nynorsk: heksagon m, sekskant m
Oriya: ଛକୋଣି (or) ‎(chakoṇi)
Polish: sześciokąt (pl) m
Portuguese: hexágono (pt) m
Russian: шестиугольник (ru) m ‎(šestiugolʹnik)
Serbo-Croatian: šesterokut (sh)
Slovak: šesťúholník m
Spanish: hexágono (es) m
Swedish: hexagon (sv) c, sexhörning (sv) c
Tagalog: heksagono, nimsiha
Tamil: அறுகோணம் (ta) ‎(aṟukōṇam)
Turkish: altıgen (tr)
Vietnamese: hình sáu góc
Welsh: chweongl m

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Hexagon

Hex′a-gon

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Hexagon

HEX'AGON

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Hexagon

Hexagon

German

Noun

Declension

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hexagon

hexagon

English

Noun

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