Definition of hexagonal
1 : having six angles and six sides
2 : having a hexagon as section or base
3 : relating to or being a crystal system characterized by three equal lateral axes intersecting at angles of 60 degrees and a vertical axis of variable length at right angles
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Other standouts include Bjarke Ingels' Urban Rigger, a floating, carbon neutral housing solution that arranges shipping containers on a hexagonal platform, creating roof terraces and a courtyard in the process.
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The hotel logo riffs on the hexagonal design of the old-school NOPSI manhole covers.
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A swath of hexagonal tiles wraps around a wood-burning stove, and a band of graphic tiles adds a pop of energy to the tiny kitchen.
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It's made of 18 smaller hexagonal mirrors arranged in a honeycomb configuration.
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Strange houses, buildings designed around hexagonal units and arranged on the diagonal.
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Rather than use a single concave mirror, Mr. Nelson, along with the physicist Terry Mast and the engineer George Gabor, proposed using 36 smaller hexagonal mirrors, arranged in a honeycomb-like pattern, to make one large one.
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With optional Adaptive Full LED headlights, the LED tubes of the hexagonal daytime running lights extend all the way to the grille, accentuating the wide, low-to-the-road front-end appearance.
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Cowley told EarthSky: Most ice halos around the sun or moon are made by plate- or column-like hexagonal crystals.
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First Known Use of hexagonal
1571
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