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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

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 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

Turing's theory alone would not be able to explain the sharp outlines of these hexagons, he thought.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2023

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

She pointed to a joined set of hexagons embroidered above the composition.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste


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