hexagonn.
/ˈhɛksəɡən/ 1.
a. Geometry. A plane figure having six sides and six angles. (Loosely said of bodies of hexagonal section.)
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [noun] > polygon > hexagon
siseangle1551
hexagon1570
sexangle1572
sexagon1616
hexangle1657
six-square1680
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > hexagon
siseangle1551
hexagon1570
sexangle1572
sexagon1616
hexangle1657
six-square1680
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) iii. viii. sig. R j By the rules giuen in Planimetra, yee shall finde the area of the lesser Hexagonum.]
1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. iv. f. 124 We may in a Hexagon geuen either describe or circumscribe a circle.
1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 97 The space about any point may be filled up either by six equilateral Triangles, or four Squares, or three Hexagons.
1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man iii. ii. (R.) Bees..make their cells regular hexagons.
1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. i. 13 The waxen hexagon of the bee.
b. attributive or adj.= hexagonal adj. and n.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > polygonal > hexagonal
sexangled1517
six-squarec1530
siseangled1557
hexagonal1571
hexagonian1598
sexangular1608
hexagonial1623
hexagonical1657
hexangle1657
sexangulary1658
hexangular1665
six-sided1693
sexagonal1750
hexagon1754
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > two-dimensional > hexagonal
sexangled1517
six-squarec1530
siseangled1557
hexagonal1571
hexagonian1598
sexangular1608
hexagonial1623
hexagonical1657
sexangulary1658
hexangular1665
sexagonal1750
hexagon1754
1754 R. Pococke Trav. (1889) II. 72 Two hexagon towers.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 765 Hexagon and octagon Gothic fonts.
2. Fortification. A fort with six bastions.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > fort according to shape
pentagonon1625
star-sconce1632
octagon1648
pentagon1648
hexagon1669
star fort1669
tetragon1669
star1672
star redoubt1687
trigon1688
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. 5 Let the Fort be an Hexagon, that is, of six Bastions.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Hexagon is a Fortress with six Bastions.
Derivatives
ˈhexagonize v. [compare Greek ἑξαγωνίζειν] transitive to make into a hexagon, to render hexagonal.
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1885 J. M. Cowper Our Parish Bks. II. 42 Some..church~warden..seems to have endeavoured to ‘hexagonise’ the font by chipping off some of its corners.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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