hexacle
A circumscribed hexagram.
Noun
- A circumscribed hexagram.
- Regular stellate polyhedra are the three- dimensional analogue to the stars (pentacle, hexacle, etc.) in the plane (Figure 32A and B). - 1967, Harold Andrew Elliott, Numbers, shapes, and patterns, page 176:
- The example developed in Figures 3 an 4 envisages a hexacle, with arms representing the specific requirements or tolerances of named algae to separae variable characters of the environment. - 2013, M. Alvarez-Cobelas,...
Origin
First used in the 20th century; based upon the word pentacle and the most recent definition thereof ("a circumscribed pentagram"), applying the same word format to the word "hexagram".