hexagonal
Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
Example
“Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal.”
Other meanings
Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.
Related words
- dihexagonal
- hexagonal chess
- hexagonality
- hexagonally
- hexagonal number
- hexagonal prism
- hexagonal water
- nonhexagonal
- orthohexagonal
- pseudohexagonal
- quasihexagonal
- semihexagonal
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hexagonal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.