hexad
Americannoun
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the number six.
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a group or series of six.
noun
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a group or series of six
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the number or sum of six
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of hexad
1650–60; < Late Latin hexad- (stem of hexas ) < Greek hexad- (stem of hexás ) unit of six, equivalent to héx six + -ad- -ad 1
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An element having a valence of one is a monad; of two, a dyad; three, a triad; four, tetrad; five, pentad; six, hexad, etc.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams
The hexad axis is uniterminal and all the forms are open forms.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
In this type of symmetry, of which apatite is the best example, there is only one plane of symmetry, which is perpendicular to the hexad axis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
Six dyad axes of two kinds are perpendicular to the hexad axis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
Intersecting in the hexad axis are six planes of symmetry of two kinds, and perpendicular to them is an equatorial plane of symmetry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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