hexlet

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noun

A chain of six spheres, each of which is tangent to both of its neighbours and also to three mutually tangent given spheres.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounhexlet (plural hexlets)

plural hexlets

  1. geometryA chain of six spheres, each of which is tangent to both of its neighbours and also to three mutually tangent given spheres.
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