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hexagram
[ hek-suh-gram ]
noun
- a six-pointed starlike figure formed of two equilateral triangles placed concentrically with each side of a triangle parallel to a side of the other and on opposite sides of the center.
- Geometry. a figure of six lines.
hexagram
/ ˈhɛksəˌɡræm /
noun
- a star-shaped figure formed by extending the sides of a regular hexagon to meet at six points
- a group of six broken or unbroken lines which may be combined into 64 different patterns, as used in the I Ching
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Derived Forms
- ˌhexaˈgrammoid, adjectivenoun
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- hexa·grammoid adjective noun
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Example Sentences
The inner circle depicts a triple Tau, with a hexagram where the bases join, and beneath is the Ace of Cups.
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Pascal—who discovered the "Mystic Hexagram" at the age of sixteen.
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Paracelsus ascribes a similar, though a lesser degree of virtue to the hexagram.
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The hexagram at ten years old would be a hundred times less unlikely.
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The celebrated theorem, "Pascal's hexagram," makes all the rest come very easy.
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