sexangular
adj/sɛkˈsæŋɡjʊlə/
Etymology
From Late Latin sexangulāris, from sexangulus. By surface analysis, sex- + -angular. Piecewise doublet of hexangular.
- derived from sexangulāris
Definitions
Having six angles
Having six angles; hexagonal.
- The sexangular Cels in the Honeycombs of Bees are disposed after this order.
- 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 […]
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