hexade

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noun

A series of six numbers, or six things in a series.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounhexade (plural hexades)

plural hexades

  1. A series of six numbers, or six things in a series.

    The chips (groups of 16) are organized in hexades, which have their I/O busses tied in parallel.

    1991, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, volume 1, page 1036
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    You will find the ſtatement to which I allude in the 26th Number, which is in the firſt volume of the ſecond hexade.

    1805, James S. Stringham, Observations on the Yellow Fever of America: The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 1, page 143

Origin

See hexad.

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