hexagonal

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A small hexagonal black coffee table is perched in front of the couch, while a black-and-tan patterned rug adds some texture and depth to the space.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

They explained that the model over-counted attendance because the hexagonal rock formations appeared too similar to people when viewed from above.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Instead of forming a single orderly pattern, the oxygen atoms assemble into a mixed structure that combines face-centered cubic regions with hexagonal close-packed layers.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

Youn and colleagues arranged their seven insulating rods in a kirigami-inspired hexagonal array that, with the turn of a gear, would expand to change the frequency of the higher mode.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024

On the top floor, in what is perhaps the hotel’s nicest room, he stands in a hexagonal bathtub and wipes grime off a window with the heel of his palm.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr