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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 hexagonal belfry contains six louvers with pointed arches and is crowned by an octagonal lantern and a copper dome.
The others in the group generally lend their ears, some slurping steaming hot tea from squat hexagonal glasses.
The crystals that are being replaced are flat, tabular, and hexagonal in outline but are now composed entirely of iron hydroxides.
Assuming aggregation happens on the cell surface, we choose a two-dimensional hexagonal lattice.
By the 1760s they had acquired lids and the oval gave way to square, octagonal, and hexagonal shapes as the century progressed.
The Drosophila compound eye contains around 800 individual ommatidia, arranged in a regular hexagonal pattern.

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