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What does hexagonal mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hexagonal? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (geometry) Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
  2. (crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.
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The Drosophila compound eye contains around 800 individual ommatidia, arranged in a regular hexagonal pattern.
By contrast, the central region of Macrobdella Hb contains a hexagonal toroid at a resolution of 4 nm.
Their molds demonstrate that lenses were numerous, biconvex, hexagonal in outline and arranged in an hexagonal close-packing system.
The beryl inclusions occur as acicular to hairlike crystals of aquamarine, pale bluish-green in color and clearly hexagonal in cross section.
Examples of IVA tools are various sizes of wrenches and sockets, hexagonal, Phillips, and torque head drivers, pliers, and ratchets.
The hexagonal belfry contains six louvers with pointed arches and is crowned by an octagonal lantern and a copper dome.

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