HEXA
\hˈɛksə], \hˈɛksə], \h_ˈɛ_k_s_ə]\
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By Noah Webster.
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in comb. (before vowel, & in some mod. words before consonant, hex-) =Greek hex six, as: -chord, diatonic series of six notes with semitone between third& fourth; -gon, -gonal, (figure) having six sides; -gram, figure formed by two intersecting equilateral triangles (the angular points coinciding with those of a hexagon), figure of six lines; -hedral a., -hedron n., (figure) having six faces; -pod, n. & a., (animal) with six feet; -pody, line of verse of six feet; -style, a. & n., (portico) of six columns; -teuch, first six books of Bible.
By Sir Augustus Henry