hexagon

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hexagon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hexagon \Hex"a*gon\, n. [L. hexagonum, Gr. ? six-cornered; "e`x
     six (akin to E. six) + ? angle.] (Geom.)
     A plane figure of six angles.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Regular hexagon, a hexagon in which the angles are all
        equal, and the sides are also all equal.
        [1913 Webster]

hexagon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hexagon
      n 1: a six-sided polygon