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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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 crystals of this division of the hexagonal system the principal axis is a hexad axis of symmetry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
Owing to the peculiarities of symmetry associated with a single triad or hexad axis, the crystallographic axes of reference are different in this system from those used in the five other systems of crystals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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 Williams, Rufus Phillips
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
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