hexagonal

About 1.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal.

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

Similar words

hexangular hex sexangular six-sided hexagonous hexahedral sexagonal hexadic hexoctahedral hexagonical

Often followed by

close lattice and system structure prism crystals or phase

Word family

hexagonally