Defn: Having six sides and six angles; six-sided. Hexagonal system.
(Crystal.) See under Crystallization.
HEXAGONALLY
Hex*ag"o*nal*ly, adv.
Defn: In an hexagonal manner.
HEXAGONY
Hex*ag"o*ny, n.
Defn: A hexagon. [Obs.] Bramhall.
HEXAGRAM Hex"a*gram, n. [Hexa- + -gram.] A figure of six lines; specif.: (a) A figure composed of two equal triangles intersecting so that each side of one triangle is parallel to a side of the other, and the six points coincide with those of a hexagon. (b) In Chinese literature, one of the sixty-four figures formed of six parallel lines (continuous or broken), forming the basis of the Yih King, or "Book of Changes." S. W. Williams.
HEXAGYNIA
Hex`a*gyn"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. hexagynie.] (Bot.)
Defn: A Linnæan order of plants having six pistils.
HEXAGYNIAN; HEXAGYNOUS
Hex`a*gyn"i*an, Hex*ag"y*nous (, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hexagyne.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having six pistils.