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hexagonal
Meaning: having six straight sides and six angles
hexagonal in a sentence
How hexagonal is used in real sentences:
The bathroom floor was covered in small hexagonal tiles arranged in a honeycomb pattern.
The architect designed the greenhouse with a hexagonal roof so that sunlight would reach every plant equally from six different angles.
“Maya first photographed a quartz plate with a hexagonal outline.”
— from the passage Secrets in Stone
Synonyms for hexagonal
Other words for hexagonal — six-sided, sexangular and six-angled — carry the same meaning.
- six-sided
- sexangular
- six-angled
Where it comes from
From Greek hex 'six' + gonia 'angle'
Word parts
- hex, sext — six
hexagonal: hex (six) + gon (angle)
Memory hook
HEXA (six) + GON (angle) — six angles, six sides.