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Hexagonally
(Hex*ag"o*nal*ly), adv. In an hexagonal manner.

Hexagony
(Hex*ag"o*ny) n. A hexagon. [Obs.] Bramhall.

Hexagynia
(||Hex`a*gyn"i*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "e`x six + gynh^ a woman, female: cf. F. hexagynie.] (Bot.) A Linnæan order of plants having six pistils.

Hexagynian
(Hex`a*gyn"i*an Hex*ag"y*nous) a. [Cf. F. hexagyne.] (Bot.) Having six pistils.

Hexahedral
(Hex`a*he"dral) a. In the form of a hexahedron; having six sides or faces.

Hexahedron
(Hex`a*he"dron) n.; pl. E. Hexahedrons L. Hexahedra [Hexa- + Gr. seat, base, fr. to sit: cf. F. hexaèdre.] (Geom.) A solid body of six sides or faces.

Regular hexahedron, a hexagon having six equal squares for its sides; a cube.

Hexahemeron
(Hex`a*hem"er*on) n. [NL., fr. Gr. "e`x six + day; cf. L. hexaëmeron, Gr. .]

1. A term of six days. Good.

2. The history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis.

Hexamerous
(Hex*am"er*ous) a. [Hexa- + Gr. part.] (Bot.) In six parts; in sixes.

Hexameter
(Hex*am"e*ter) n. [L., fr. Gr. of six meters; (sc. ) hexameter verse; "e`x six + measure: cf. F. hexamètre. See Six, and Meter.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Æneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.

Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice of the | huntsman.

Longfellow.

Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and | limitless | billows,
Nothing be- | fore and | nothing be- | hind but the | sky and the | ocean.

Coleridge.

Hexameter
(Hex*am"e*ter), a. Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees. Holland.

Hexametric
(Hex`a*met"ric Hex`a*met"ric*al) a. Consisting of six metrical feet.

Hexametrist
(Hex*am"e*trist) n. One who writes in hexameters. "The Christian hexametrists." Milman.

Hexandria
(||Hex*an"dri*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "e`x six + a man, male: cf. F. hexandrie.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having six stamens.

Hexandrian
(Hex*an"dri*an Hex-an"drous) a. [Cf. F. hexandre.] (Bot.) Having six stamens.

Hexane
(Hex"ane) n. [Gr. "e`x six.] (Chem.) Any one of five hydrocarbons, C₆H₁₄, of the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms.

Hexangular
(Hex*an"gu*lar) a. [Hex- + angular. Cf. Sexangular.] Having six angles or corners.

Hexapetalous
(Hex`a*pet"al*ous) a. [Hexa- + petal: cf. F. hexapétale.] (Bot.) Having six petals.

Hexaphyllous
(Hex*aph"yl*lous) a. [Hexa- + Gr. a leaf: cf. F. hexaphylle.] (Bot.) Having six leaves or leaflets.