hexagonal

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛkˈsæɡənəl/
  • (file)
A hexagonal shape (cristallography)

Adjective

hexagonal (not comparable)

  1. (geometry) Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
    Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal.
  2. (crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.

Coordinate terms

Translations


Catalan

Etymology

hexàgon + -al

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

hexagonal (masculine and feminine plural hexagonals)

  1. hexagonal

French

Adjective

hexagonal (feminine singular hexagonale, masculine plural hexagonaux, feminine plural hexagonales)

  1. hexagonal

Further reading


Galician

Adjective

hexagonal m or f (plural hexagonais)

  1. hexagonal

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

hexagonal (not comparable)

  1. hexagonal

Declension

Further reading


Portuguese

Adjective

hexagonal m or f (plural hexagonais, comparable)

  1. (geometry) hexagonal (having six edges)

Spanish

Adjective

hexagonal (plural hexagonales)

  1. hexagonal

Swedish

Adjective

hexagonal

  1. hexagonal

Declension

Inflection of hexagonal
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hexagonal
Neuter singular hexagonalt
Plural hexagonala
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hexagonale
All hexagonala
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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