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# hexagonal

adjective (hexagonal)

«hexagonal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Hexagonal means shaped like a hexagon: having six straight sides and six corners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hexagonal/#m1)

### In the lessons

In maths lessons a regular hexagon has six equal sides and six equal angles of 120°; hexagons fit together with no gaps, which is called tessellation. In science, honeycomb cells in a beehive are hexagonal, and snowflakes have hexagonal (six-fold) shapes. The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland has hexagonal stone columns. Many nuts (for bolts) and pencils are hexagonal.

### Examples

- Bees build hexagonal cells in their honeycomb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hexagonal/#x1)
- This pencil is hexagonal so it does not roll off the desk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hexagonal/#x2)
- The Giant's Causeway is made of hexagonal rock columns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hexagonal/#x3)
- A hexagonal shape has six sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hexagonal/#x4)
- The snowflake had a hexagonal pattern. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hexagonal/#x5)
- Hexagonal tiles fit together without gaps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hexagonal/#x6)
- A hexagonal prism has two hexagonal faces and six rectangle faces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hexagonal/#x7)

### Note

Adjective from «hexagon». «Hex-» means six (Greek). In maths, a hexagon has 6 sides, 6 vertices, and its interior angles add up to 720°. Do not confuse with pentagon (5) or octagon (8).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hexagonal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hexagonal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hexagonal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hexagonal.html) on Mova free.