hexagram

[hek-suh-gram]

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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.

Origin of hexagram

First recorded in 1860–65; see origin at hexa-, -gram¹

Related formshex·a·gram·moid, adjective, noun

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Related Words for hexagram

semester, hexad, sextet, hexagram, hexagon, sextuplet, hexahedron

Examples from the Web for hexagram

Historical Examples of hexagram

The inner circle depicts a triple Tau, with a hexagram where the bases join, and beneath is the Ace of Cups.
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot
L. W. de Laurence
The celebrated theorem, "Pascal's hexagram," makes all the rest come very easy.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)
Augustus De Morgan
That is, by the time Pascal was nineteen, the hexagram was circulating under a name derived from the author.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)
Augustus De Morgan
The hexagram at ten years old would be a hundred times less unlikely.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)
Augustus De Morgan
Paracelsus ascribes a similar, though a lesser degree of virtue to the hexagram.
The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy
Charles John Samuel Thompson

British Dictionary definitions for hexagram

hexagram

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

Derived Formshexagrammoid, adjective, noun

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Word Origin and History for hexagram

1863 as a type of geometric figure, from hexa- + -gram. I Ching sense attested from 1882.