hexagonal
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛkˈsæɡənəl/
Audio (CA) (file)
A hexagonal shape (cristallography)
Adjective
hexagonal (not comparable)
- (geometry) Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
- Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal.
- (crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.
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Translations
geometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon
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crystallography: having three equal axes crossing at 60° and an unequal one crossing at 90°
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Catalan
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
French
Adjective
hexagonal (feminine singular hexagonale, masculine plural hexagonaux, feminine plural hexagonales)
Further reading
- “hexagonal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Declension
Declension of hexagonal
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist hexagonal | sie ist hexagonal | es ist hexagonal | sie sind hexagonal | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | hexagonaler | hexagonale | hexagonales | hexagonale |
| genitive | hexagonalen | hexagonaler | hexagonalen | hexagonaler | |
| dative | hexagonalem | hexagonaler | hexagonalem | hexagonalen | |
| accusative | hexagonalen | hexagonale | hexagonales | hexagonale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der hexagonale | die hexagonale | das hexagonale | die hexagonalen |
| genitive | des hexagonalen | der hexagonalen | des hexagonalen | der hexagonalen | |
| dative | dem hexagonalen | der hexagonalen | dem hexagonalen | den hexagonalen | |
| accusative | den hexagonalen | die hexagonale | das hexagonale | die hexagonalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein hexagonaler | eine hexagonale | ein hexagonales | (keine) hexagonalen |
| genitive | eines hexagonalen | einer hexagonalen | eines hexagonalen | (keiner) hexagonalen | |
| dative | einem hexagonalen | einer hexagonalen | einem hexagonalen | (keinen) hexagonalen | |
| accusative | einen hexagonalen | eine hexagonale | ein hexagonales | (keine) hexagonalen | |
Portuguese
Swedish
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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