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Meaning of Hexagon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈhɛk.sə.ɡən

Definitions

A polygon with six sides and six angles.

Equivalents

Afrikaans heksagoon seshoek
العربية السداسي مسدس
বাংলা ষড়ভুজ
Català hexàgon
Čeština šestiúhelník
Cymraeg chweongl hecsagon
Deutsch 6-Eck Hexagon Sechseck Sechsring
Ελληνικά εξάγωνο
Español hexágono
Français hexagone
Gaeilge heicseagán
Galego hexágono
עברית משושה
हिन्दी षट्कोण
Magyar hatszög
Հայերեն վեցանկյուն
Bahasa Indonesia heksagon segi enam
Íslenska sexhyrningur
Italiano esagono
日本語 六角形
ქართული ექვსკუთხედი
Қазақша алтыбұрыш
ខ្មែរ ឆកោណ
ಕನ್ನಡ ಷಟ್ಕೋನ
한국어 육각형
Latina hexagonum
Latviešu sešstūris
Te Reo Māori tapaono
Македонски шестаголник
മലയാളം ഷഡ്ഭുജം
Bahasa Melayu heksagon
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဆက္ကဂံ ဆဋ္ဌဂံ
Nederlands zeshoek
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଛକୋଣି
Português hexágono
Slovenčina šesťuholník
Svenska sexhörning
தமிழ் அறுகோணம்
తెలుగు షడ్భుజి
Türkçe altıgen müseddes
Українська шестикутник
Oʻzbekcha musaddas
Tiếng Việt lục giác

Examples

“The project was a huge, queen-size quilt made up of 100 hexagon pieces – 50 of them embroidered with a design for every US state and 50 stars. […] Once the designs are all stitched and the hexagons are returned to Downey, they will be assembled into the completed quilt.”
“If we just plopped down a dot for every observation we’d end up with an undifferentiated black blob, so the weathergami technique visualizes frequency of temperature pairs: we divide the chart area into a fine hexagonal grid, and then color each hexagon according to how many daily observations fall within it.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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