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hexagon

[hek-suh-gon, -guhn] / ˈhɛk səˌgɒn, -gən /


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The fighters will use 4-ounce gloves and will face off inside a hexagon cage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

The French sometimes refer to their country as “L’Hexagone” — the hexagon — because of its shape.

From Seattle 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

We reach the first barrier, which is like the barriers blocking off roadworks, or dug-up sewers: a wooden crisscross painted in yellow and black stripes, a red hexagon which means Stop.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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