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.
Origin of hexagram
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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 TarotL. W. de Laurence
The hexagram at ten years old would be a hundred times less unlikely.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)Augustus De Morgan
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
Paracelsus ascribes a similar, though a lesser degree of virtue to the hexagram.
The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and PharmacyCharles John Samuel Thompson
hexagram
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