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hexagon

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


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"Given Saturn's symmetry in its north-south jet stream system, we have been searching for a counterpart to Saturn's northern hexagon on the south pole in Hubble images since 1990," Sánchez-Lavega said.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

Down the side of the ring, there are personalized touches, with each team member’s last name and number displayed around a hexagon shape inspired by Dodger Stadium’s unique scoreboards.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2025

Not only do they offer high-quality, fresh, organic spices, but their magnetic hexagon jars are beautiful to display.

From Salon Dec. 17, 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

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

Because hBN is a series of repeating hexagons, the technique only produces straight or angled lines meeting at either 60° or 120° at the moment, though Chen thinks combining them into triangles should be possible.

From Science Daily May 7, 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

In the bathroom, I stared at the white tile hexagons on the floor and saw nothing but the crud in between them.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead




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