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hexagram

/hek-suh-gram/US // ˈhɛk səˌgræm //UK // (ˈhɛksəˌɡræm) //

六角星,六芒星,六角形,六边形

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a six-pointed starlike figure formed of two equilateral triangles placed concentrically with each side of a triangle parallel to a side of the other and on opposite sides of the center.
    • : Geometry. a figure of six lines.

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Examples

  • The inner circle depicts a triple Tau, with a hexagram where the bases join, and beneath is the Ace of Cups.

  • Pascal—who discovered the "Mystic Hexagram" at the age of sixteen.

  • Paracelsus ascribes a similar, though a lesser degree of virtue to the hexagram.

  • The hexagram at ten years old would be a hundred times less unlikely.

  • The celebrated theorem, "Pascal's hexagram," makes all the rest come very easy.