Meanings
adjectivehexagonal (not comparable)
- not comparablegeometryHaving six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal.
1 more example
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.
2023 November 9, Christopher Ingram, ““Weathergami” charts paint new portrait of Minnesota climate”, in Minnesota Reformer
Synonyms & antonyms
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adjectivehaving six sides or divided into hexagons
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Origin
From hexagon + -al. Piecewise doublet of sexagonal.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνος
- ἑξάγωνος (hexágōnos)geometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Bengali ষড়ভুজাকৃতি
- ষড়ভুজাকৃতি (śoṛbhujakriti)geometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Bulgarian шестоъгълен, хексагонален
- шестоъгълен (šestoăgălen)geometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- хексагонален (heksagonalen)crystallography: having three equal axes crossing at 60° and an unequal one crossing at 90°
Catalan hexagonal
- hexagonalgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Chinese Mandarin 六方
- 六方 (liùfāng)crystallography: having three equal axes crossing at 60° and an unequal one crossing at 90°
Danish heksagonal, sekskantet
- heksagonalgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- sekskantetgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Dutch zeshoekig, hexagonaal
- zeshoekiggeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- hexagonaalgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- hexagonaalcrystallography: having three equal axes crossing at 60° and an unequal one crossing at 90°
Esperanto sesangula, seslatera
- sesangulageometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- seslaterageometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Finnish kuusikulmainen, heksagoninen
- kuusikulmainengeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- heksagoninencrystallography: having three equal axes crossing at 60° and an unequal one crossing at 90°
French hexagonal
- hexagonalgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
German hexagonal, sechseckig
- hexagonalgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- sechseckiggeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Greek εξάγωνος, εξαγωνικός
- εξάγωνος (exágonos)geometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- εξαγωνικός (exagonikós)geometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Hebrew משושה \ מְשֻׁשֶּׁה
- משושה \ מְשֻׁשֶּׁה (meshushé)geometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Hungarian hatszögletű
- hatszögletűgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Icelandic sexhyrndur
- sexhyrndurgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Irish heicseagánach
- heicseagánachgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Italian esagonale
- esagonalegeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Norwegian Bokmål sekskantet, sekskanta
- sekskantetgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- sekskantageometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Polish sześciokątny, heksagonalny
- sześciokątnygeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- heksagonalnygeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- sześciokątnycrystallography: having three equal axes crossing at 60° and an unequal one crossing at 90°
- heksagonalnycrystallography: having three equal axes crossing at 60° and an unequal one crossing at 90°
Portuguese hexagonal, hexagonal
- hexagonalgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- hexagonalcrystallography: having three equal axes crossing at 60° and an unequal one crossing at 90°
Russian шестиуго́льный
- шестиуго́льный (šestiugólʹnyj)geometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Slovak šesťuholníkový
- šesťuholníkovýgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Spanish hexagonal
- hexagonalgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Swedish hexagonal, sexhörnig
- hexagonalgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- sexhörniggeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Tagalog nimsihain
- nimsihaingeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Turkish altıgensel, hegzagonal
- altıgenselgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- hegzagonalgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- hekzagonalgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Ukrainian шестику́тний
- шестику́тний (šestykútnyj)geometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Welsh hecsagonol, chweochrog
- hecsagonolgeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
- chweochroggeometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
hexagonal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hexagonal
MLA
“hexagonal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hexagonal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hexagonal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hexagonal.
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