hexad

[ hek-sad ]

noun

1. the number six.
2. a group or series of six.

hexad

/ ˈhɛksæd /

noun

1. a group or series of six
2. the number or sum of six

Derived Forms

• hexˈadic, adjective

Other Words From

• hex·adic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hexad¹

1650–60; < Late Latin hexad- (stem of hexas ) < Greek hexad- (stem of hexás ) unit of six, equivalent to héx six + -ad- -ad ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of hexad¹

C17: from Greek hexas, from hex six

Example Sentences

“We are going to strive for the perception of the qualities and wholes of the triads and hexads in the event of musical performances.’

From The New Yorker

This is the hexad axis or hexagonal axis, for which the angle of rotation is 60�, or one-sixth of 360�.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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Their bombs and torpedoes ripped and tore into the structure beneath the invulnerable shield and exploded, demolishing and hurling aside like straws, the walls, projectors, hexads and vast mountains of earth.

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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.

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