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hexagonal

/hek-sag-uh-nl/US // hɛkˈsæg ə nl //UK // (hɛkˈsæɡənəl) //

六角形,六角形的,六边形,六边形的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
    • : having a hexagon as a base or cross section: a hexagonal prism.
    • : divided into hexagons, as a surface.
    • : Crystallography. noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization in which three equal axes intersect at angles of 60° on one plane, and the fourth axis, of a different length, intersects them perpendicularly.

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Examples

  • These weights are coated in neoprene for durability, safety, and a non-slip grip, plus their hexagonal shape prevents rolling.

  • In a test of the biotech company Oxitec’s GM male mosquitoes for pest control, these Aedes aegypti started growing from tiny eggs set out in toaster-sized, hexagonal boxes on suburban private properties in late April.

  • These molecules, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, consist of several linked hexagonal rings of carbon with hydrogen atoms at the edges.

  • This choice made splitting the hexagonal grid into triangular grids cleaner mathematically.

  • They treated graphene’s hexagonal lattice as two sublattices of triangles.

  • Cystin crystals are colorless, highly refractive, rather thick, hexagonal plates with well-defined edges.

  • Common camphor forms a translucent mass of hexagonal prisms, melting at 175 and boiling at 204.

  • A rule very commonly used in making drawings of hexagonal nuts is to make the diameter D, across the angles equal to 2d.

  • The upper part of the stud is screwed, and carries the guard D and an hexagonal nut E. F is the india-rubber.

  • In shape it is hexagonal, with shafts at the angles rising into an enriched cornice.