hexagon
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"Given Saturn's symmetry in its north-south jet stream system, we have been searching for a counterpart to Saturn's northern hexagon on the south pole in Hubble images since 1990," Sánchez-Lavega said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
The scoreboard is a hexagon, just like the one at Dodger Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
Winds whip around this hexagon at 300 miles per hour, but why the region forms the shape is a mystery.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2024
The French sometimes refer to their country as “L’Hexagone” — the hexagon — because of its shape.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
At lunch and after school they often gathered at a wooden table in the hallway that people called the hex table, even though, as Ian pointed out, it was an octagon, not a hexagon.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
The scoreboards in Ontario, he said, are planned as hexagons — just like the ones at Dodger Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2024
For instance, hexagons appear frequently in nature -- think honeycombs and insect eyes -- because they are stable and require the least amount of material to cover a surface.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
Ridges of radiating lines that are designed to reflect light, a nod to Paris’ nickname as the City of Light, surround the hexagons.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
At the Richmond, California, plant of the company Coherent, an assembly line is polishing three 1.5-meter mirrors each month before trimming them into hexagons.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 17, 2023
He’d only managed one pair of hexagons before...
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Vocabulary lists containing hexagon
Geometry - Introductory
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 2
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Geometry - Middle School
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