sexangle

English

Etymology

From Latin sexangulus (“sexangular”), from sex (“six”) + angulus (“angle”). Compare French sexangle and English hexangular; sex- +‎ angle.

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Noun

sexangle (plural sexangles)

1. (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

• sexangular

References

• “sexangle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.