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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An element of Greek origin or formation, meaning ‘six.’

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Examples

  • The aorist hexa, which is found in late authors, is not used in the

    A Grammar of Septuagint Greek 1856-1924 1905

  • The transport of b-hexa-chlorocyclohexane to the western Arctic Ocean: contrast to a-HCH.

    Potential impacts of indirect mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009

  • Well, we'll keep watching that very closely -- billion, trillion, a hexa (ph) trillion, I mean you lose track sometimes, Ed. Sorry about that.

    CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2009 2009

  • The drug is not approved for use in humans; the hexa-methonium Togias used was labeled [F] OR LABORATORY USE ONLY.

    Dying For Science 2007

  • The bushes were round and yellow, the herd of hexa-pods browsing them burnt umber with camouflaging canary stripes.

    The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

  • The town now knew that the fabled Sixth had arrived'the hexa-gons drawn in charcoal on the stone walls of alleys, scratched on doors and hung on tattered banners from the windows of abandoned houses, bore omi-nous witness that at last the legion was showing itself.

    The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994

  • The chambers weren't neat hexa-gons but random holes of all shapes and sizes; the beehive itself looked queerly melted, as if someone had turned a blowtorch on it.

    The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991

  • At the same time, the amide nitrogen atom is brought close to C-8 with which it could readily react to form the lactam ring observed in the hexa acid, mentioned earlier.

    Nobel Lecture The X-Ray Analysis Of Complicated Molecules 1964

  • This hexa-nitrate is insoluble in ether, alcohol, or in a mixture of those solvents, likewise in glacial acetic acid or in methyl alcohol.

    The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech

  • These last are soluble in various solvents, such as ether-alcohol and nitro-glycerine, in which the hexa-nitrate is insoluble.

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

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