Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A group or series of six.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The sum of six units; the number six; also, a series of six numbers.
  • noun In chem., an element the atoms of which have six times the saturating power or equivalence of the hydrogen atom, as sulphur in certain conditions.
  • noun Also spelled hexade.
  • noun A hexagon.
  • Having a combining power equivalent to six times that of hydrogen. Same as hexavalent and sexivalent.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (chem.) An atom whose valence is six, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, six monad atoms or radicals. Also used as an adjective.

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  • noun A group of six.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Late Latin hexas, hexad-, the number six, from Greek, from hex, six; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots.]

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