hexagon

Created in 1934, the Ludo bracelet features updates like delicate mesh in hexagon and briquette motifs, woven by the maison’s craftsmen to heighten the effect of a supple ribbon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2024

Stripped of their brown paint and polished, each fragment will weigh 18 grams, or just over half an ounce, and be fashioned into a hexagon — the shape of France.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

Yet for some species, the hexagon comes with a nasty catch: It isn't one-size-fits-all.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2023

In 1975 he conjectured that the optimal packing of n circles is an arrangement in a triangular lattice that forms the shape of a hexagon that is as regular as possible.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 6, 2023

I lean toward the next hexagon cell to see Rubio wide awake, head propped by his elbow.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The scoreboards in Ontario, he said, are planned as hexagons — just like the ones at Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2024

For instance, hexagons appear frequently in nature -- think honeycombs and insect eyes -- because they are stable and require the least amount of material to cover a surface.

From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024

Ridges of radiating lines that are designed to reflect light, a nod to Paris’ nickname as the City of Light, surround the hexagons.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

At the Richmond, California, plant of the company Coherent, an assembly line is polishing three 1.5-meter mirrors each month before trimming them into hexagons.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 17, 2023

And about how the only shapes that one can use to tile a floor, if all the tiles are the same, are triangles, squares and hexagons.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton