sexangle

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noun

Synonym of hexagon (“a polygon with six sides and six angles”).

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hexagon
OriginLatin sexangulus →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounsexangle (plural sexangles)

plural sexangles

  1. archaicgeometrySynonym of hexagon (“a polygon with six sides and six angles”).

    the super parts being taken from the Quadrangle will form the Sexangle

    1828, James Wilson (translator), Claudius Ptolomaeus, The Tetrabiblos

    Synonyms: hexagon

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of hexagon (“a polygon with six sides and six angles”).

Similar
hexagon
Also see
hexagon

Origin

  1. Latinsexangulus“sexangular”
  2. Englishsexangle

From Latin sexangulus (“sexangular”), from sex (“six”) + angulus (“angle”). Compare French sexangle and English hexangular. By surface analysis, sex- + -angle. Piecewise doublet of hexangle.

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APA

sexangle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexangle

MLA

“sexangle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexangle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sexangle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexangle.

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