hexangle

English

Etymology

From hex- +‎ -angle.[1] Piecewise doublet of sexangle.

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Noun

hexangle (plural hexangles)

  2. (geometry, archaic) Synonym of hexagon (“a polygon with six sides and six angles”).
    Hypernyms: polygon < shape
    Coordinate terms: pentangle (5 angles), heptangle (7 angles), octangle (8 angles), decangle (10 angles)

References

  1. ^ “hexangle, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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