HEXAD

six, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad

(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hexad (plural hexads)

A group of six.

Synonym: sextet

(chemistry) An element or radical with the combining power of six units, i.e. six atoms of hydrogen.

Coordinate terms

• monad · duad, dyad · triad · tetrad · pentad · hexad · heptad · octad · ennead, nonad · decad, decade · hendecad · dodecad, duodecade

Source: Wiktionary


Hex"ad, n. Etym: [L. hexas, hexadis, the number six, Gr. (chem.)

Definition: An atom whose valence is six, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, six monad atoms or radicals; as, sulphur is a hexad in sulphuric acid. Also used as an adjective.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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