hexagonal

From hexagon +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /hɛkˈsæɡənəl/

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• Rhymes: -æɡənəl

hexagonal (not comparable)

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

   Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal.

   • 2023 November 9, Christopher Ingram, ““Weathergami” charts paint new portrait of Minnesota climate”, in Minnesota Reformer‎^[1]:

     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 grid, and then color each hexagon according to how many daily observations fall within it.

2. (crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.

• sexagonal (rare)

• triclinic
• monoclinic
• orthorhombic
• rhombohedral
• tetragonal
• cubic

From hexàgon +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əɡ.zə.ɣuˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əɡ.zə.ɣoˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɡ.za.ɣoˈnal]

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• Rhymes: -al

hexagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hexagonals)

1. hexagonal

   escacs hexagonals

   hexagonal chess

• “hexagonal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.za.ɡɔ.nal/

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hexagonal (feminine hexagonale, masculine plural hexagonaux, feminine plural hexagonales)

1. hexagonal

   échecs hexagonaux

   hexagonal chess

2. French; specifically, related to the French mainland (l'Hexagone)

• “hexagonal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): [heksaˈɣonal]

hexagonal m or f (plural hexagonais)

1. hexagonal

• “hexagonal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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• Rhymes: -aːl

hexagonal (strong nominative masculine singular hexagonaler, not comparable)

1. hexagonal

   Synonym: sechseckig

• “hexagonal” in Duden online
• “hexagonal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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hexagonal m or f (plural hexagonais)

1. (geometry) hexagonal (having six edges)

Borrowed from French hexagonal. By surface analysis, hexagon +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ˌhek.sa.ɡoˈnal/

hexagonal m or n (feminine singular hexagonală, masculine plural hexagonali, feminine and neuter plural hexagonale)

1. hexagonal

   șah hexagonal

   hexagonal chess

• “hexagonal”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• IPA^(key): /eɡsaɡoˈnal/ [eɣ̞.sa.ɣ̞oˈnal]

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: he‧xa‧go‧nal

hexagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hexagonales)

1. hexagonal

• “hexagonal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

hexagonal (not comparable)

1. hexagonal

   Synonym: sexhörnig

• hexagonal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)