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<hw>Hex"ade</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hexad</er>.]</ety> <def>A series of six numbers.</def>

<h1>Hexadecane</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex"a*dec`ane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Hecdecane</er>.</def>

<h1>Hexagon</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex"a*gon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hexagonum</ets>, Gr. <?/ six-cornered; <?/ six (akin to E. <ets>six</ets>) + <?/ angle.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A plane figure of six angles.</def>

<cs><col>Regular hexagon</col>, <cd>a hexagon in which the angles are all equal, and the sides are also all equal.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hexagonal</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex*ag"o*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>hexagonal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having six sides and six angles; six-sided.</def>

<cs><col>Hexagonal system</col>. <fld>(Crystal.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Crystallization</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hexagonally</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex*ag"o*nal*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an hexagonal manner.</def>

<h1>Hexagony</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex*ag"o*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A hexagon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bramhall.</i>

<h1>Hexagynia</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex`a*gyn"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ six + <?/ a woman, female: cf. F. <ets>hexagynie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Linn\'91an order of plants having six pistils.</def>

<mhw><h1>Hexagynian, Hexagynous</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex`a*gyn"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hex*ag"y*nous</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>hexagyne</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having six pistils.</def>

<h1>Hexahedral</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex`a*he"dral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>In the form of a hexahedron; having six sides or faces.</def>

<h1>Hexahedron</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex`a*he"dron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Hexahedrons</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Hexahedra</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[<ets>Hexa-</ets> + Gr. <?/ seat, base, fr. <?/ to sit: cf. F. <ets>hexa\'8adre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A solid body of six sides or faces.</def>

<cs><col>Regular hexahedron</col>, <cd>a hexagon having six equal squares for its sides; a cube.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hexahemeron</h1> <Xpage=691>

<hw>Hex`a*hem"er*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ six + <?/ day; cf. L. <ets>hexa\'89meron</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A term of six days.</def>

<i>Good.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis.</def>