hexagonal

Definition

Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.

Etymology

From hexagon + -al. Piecewise doublet of sexagonal.

Example Sentences

• "Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal."
• "If we just plopped down a dot for every observation we’d end up with an undifferentiated black blob, so the weathergami technique visualizes frequency of temperature pairs: we divide the chart area into a fine hexagonal grid, and then color each hexagon according to how many daily observations fall within it."