Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hexagonal

/hɛkˈsæɡ.ə.nəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: hexag-o-nal
IPA: /hɛkˈsæɡ.ə.nəl/

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

adj

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

Example Sentences

"Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal."
"If we just plopped down a dot for every observation we’d end up with an undifferentiated black blob, so the weathergami technique visualizes frequency of temperature pairs: we divide the chart area into a fine hexagonal grid, and then color each hexagon according to how many daily observations fall within it."

Etymology

From hexagon + -al. Piecewise doublet of sexagonal.

Derived Forms

dihexagonal hexagonality hexagonally nonhexagonal orthohexagonal pseudohexagonal quasihexagonal semihexagonal subhexagonal trihexagonal

Phrases

hexagonal chess hexagonal number hexagonal prism hexagonal water

Frequently Paired Words

triclinic monoclinic orthorhombic rhombohedral tetragonal cubic

Synonyms

sexagonal hexangular

Rhymes With

diagonal octagonal pentagonal tetragonal heptagonal nonagonal decagonal triagonal

Questions

How do you pronounce hexagonal?: The recorded pronunciation is /hɛkˈsæɡ.ə.nəl/.
What does hexagonal mean?: Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
Where does hexagonal come from?: From hexagon + -al. Piecewise doublet of sexagonal.

How to pronounce hexagonal

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