hexagonal

Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.

Adjective

  1. Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
    • Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal.
    • If we just plopped down a dot for every observation we’d end up with an undifferentiated black blob, so the weathergami technique visualizes frequency of temperature pairs: we divide the chart area into a fine hexagonal...
  2. Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.

Origin

From hexagon + -al. Piecewise doublet of sexagonal.

Synonyms

sexagonal

Derived

dihexagonal hexagonal chess hexagonality hexagonally hexagonal number hexagonal prism hexagonal water nonhexagonal orthohexagonal pseudohexagonal quasihexagonal semihexagonal subhexagonal trihexagonal