sexangle
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sexangulus (“sexangular”), from sex (“six”) + angulus (“angle”). Compare French sexangle and English hexangular; sex- + angle.
Noun edit
sexangle (plural sexangles)
- (geometry, obsolete) A hexagon
- 1828, James Wilson (translator), Claudius Ptolomaeus, The Tetrabiblos:
- the super parts being taken from the Quadrangle will form the Sexangle
Related terms edit
References edit
- “sexangle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.