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HEXAGON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hexagon mean?
• HEXAGON (noun)
The noun HEXAGON has 1 sense:
1. a six-sided polygon
Familiarity information: HEXAGON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A six-sided polygon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("hexagon" is a kind of...):
polygon; polygonal shape (a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hexagon"):
regular hexagon (a hexagon with six sides of equal length)
Derivation:
hexagonal (having six sides or divided into hexagons)
Context examples
Saturn's cloud levels host the majority of the planet's weather, including the pre-existing north polar hexagon.
(Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds, NASA)
The finding is intriguing, because it suggests that the lower-altitude hexagon may influence what happens above, and that it could be a towering structure hundreds of miles in height.
(Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds, NASA)
A new long-term study using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed a surprising feature emerging at Saturn's northern pole as it nears summertime: a warming, high-altitude vortex with a hexagonal shape, akin to the famous hexagon seen deeper down in Saturn's clouds.
(Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds, NASA)
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