sexangular en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /sɛkˈsæŋɡjʊlə/
Etymology
From Late Latin sexangulāris, from sexangulus. By surface analysis, sex- + -angular. Piecewise doublet of hexangular.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having six angles; hexagonal.
Hence could I also very easily, and I think truly, deduce the cause of the curious sixangular figures of Snow, and the appearances of Haloes, &c. and the sudden thickning of the Sky with Clouds […]
1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia:The sexangular Cels in the Honeycombs of Bees are disposed after this order.
1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 189:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sixangular | alternative | lexicographic |