sexangle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sexangulus (“sexangular”), from sex (“six”) + angulus (“angle”). Compare French sexangle and English hexangular; sex- + angle.
Noun[edit]
sexangle (plural sexangles)
- (geometry, obsolete) A hexagon
- 1828, James Wilson (translator), Claudius Ptolomaeus, The Tetrabiblos:
- the super parts being taken from the Quadrangle will form the Sexangle
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References[edit]
- “sexangle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.