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词汇 hexagonal
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Definition of hexagonal in English:

hexagonal

adjective hɛkˈsaɡ(ə)n(ə)lhɛkˈsæɡənəl
  • 1Relating to or constituting a hexagon; having six straight sides and six angles.

    small, hexagonal pockets of honeycomb
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The spanner is used to tighten the hexagonal nut.
    • The project leader says hexagonal pixels give smoother edges in images than square pixels.
    • The most distinctive item in the collection is the hexagonal vase.
    • Double-panelled doors lead to a hexagonal dining room.
    • Over the banister, visitors saw the top of an elegant structure, narrow at the base, with an inner hexagonal column.
    • There are over a dozen pen-and-wash studies of figures in oval or hexagonal frames.
    • It was a hexagonal glass structure with a high domed roof.
    • Insect compound eyes are made up of many hexagonal lenses.
    • After ripping out red linoleum, they finished the room with black-and-white hexagonal floor tile.
    • The floor was laid with tiny hexagonal tiles.
    1. 1.1 Of or denoting a crystal system or three-dimensional geometrical arrangement having three axes of equal length separated by 60° and a fourth axis of a different length at right angles to these.
      a hexagonal close-packed crystal structure
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These quartz crystals from Cumberland appear to possess normal hexagonal symmetry.
      • Cystine crystals are clear, colorless hexagonal plates, often appearing in layers.
      • The inner core is pure iron in a hexagonal close-packed crystalline form.
      • Pure phase zirconium exists in a hexagonal close-packed crystal structure.
      • Each molecule has on average six neighbors, generating a six-fold hexagonal symmetry.
      • We applied a swelling method to help determine the relative phases of the diffraction peaks along the crystal axis perpendicular to the hexagonal base.

Derivatives

  • hexagonally

  • adverbhɛkˈsaɡ(ə)n(ə)li
    • Osmium is heavy, metallic, and has hexagonally organized atoms.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Structurally, graphite consists of sheets of carbon atoms linked hexagonally like chicken wire.
      • As the protein concentration is increased further, there is a sharp transition from a disordered fluid to a hexagonally ordered crystal.
      • Thicker hexagonally shaped ice crystals indicate a higher concentration of ice-growth inhibitors.
      • The carbon atoms arranged themselves as layered sheets of hexagonally bonded atoms.

Rhymes

diagonal, heptagonal, octagonal, tetragonal

Definition of hexagonal in US English:

hexagonal

adjectivehɛkˈsæɡənəlhekˈsaɡənəl
  • 1Of or pertaining to a hexagon.

    small, hexagonal pockets of honeycomb
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After ripping out red linoleum, they finished the room with black-and-white hexagonal floor tile.
    • Insect compound eyes are made up of many hexagonal lenses.
    • It was a hexagonal glass structure with a high domed roof.
    • The spanner is used to tighten the hexagonal nut.
    • The floor was laid with tiny hexagonal tiles.
    • The project leader says hexagonal pixels give smoother edges in images than square pixels.
    • The most distinctive item in the collection is the hexagonal vase.
    • There are over a dozen pen-and-wash studies of figures in oval or hexagonal frames.
    • Double-panelled doors lead to a hexagonal dining room.
    • Over the banister, visitors saw the top of an elegant structure, narrow at the base, with an inner hexagonal column.
    1. 1.1 (of a solid) having a section that is a hexagon; constructed on a base that is a hexagon.
    2. 1.2 Designating or pertaining to a crystal system in which three coplanar axes of equal length are separated by 60° and a fourth axis of a different length is at right angles to these.
      a hexagonal close-packed crystal structure
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Pure phase zirconium exists in a hexagonal close-packed crystal structure.
      • Cystine crystals are clear, colorless hexagonal plates, often appearing in layers.
      • We applied a swelling method to help determine the relative phases of the diffraction peaks along the crystal axis perpendicular to the hexagonal base.
      • The inner core is pure iron in a hexagonal close-packed crystalline form.
      • Each molecule has on average six neighbors, generating a six-fold hexagonal symmetry.
      • These quartz crystals from Cumberland appear to possess normal hexagonal symmetry.
    3. 1.3 (of a mineral) crystallizing in a hexagonal system.
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