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hexagon
(heksəgən, US -gɔːn)
Word forms: plural hexagons
countable noun
A hexagon is a shape that has six straight sides.
hexagon in British English
(ˈhɛksəɡən)
noun
a polygon having six sides
hexagon in American English
(ˈhɛksəˌgɑn)
noun
a plane figure with six angles and six sides
Word origin
L hexagonum < Gr hexagōnon, hexagon, neut. of hexagōnos, six-cornered < hex, six + gōnia, a corner, angle: see kneeImage ofhexagon
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Examples of 'hexagon' in a sentencehexagon
In other languageshexagon
British English: hexagon NOUN
A hexagon is a shape that has six straight sides.
- American English: hexagon
- Brazilian Portuguese: hexágono
- Chinese: 六边形
- European Spanish: hexágono
- French: hexagone
- German: Sechseck
- Italian: esagono
- Japanese: 六角形
- Korean: 6각형
- European Portuguese: hexágono
- Latin American Spanish: hexágono
Chinese translation of 'hexagon'
hexagon
(ˈhɛksəɡən)
n (c)
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六角形
(liùjiǎoxíng) (个(個), gè)