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Hexagon

In geometry, a hexagon (from Greek ἕξ, hex, meaning "six", and γωνία, gonía, meaning "corner, angle") is a six-sided polygon. The total of the internal angles of any simple (non-self-intersecting) hexagon is 720°.

Regular hexagon, Gallery of natural and artificial hexagons & Convex equilateral hexagon

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Regular hexagon

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Gallery of natural and artificial hexagons

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Convex equilateral hexagon

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Related polygons and tilings

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Dual polygon
Self
Edges and vertices
6
Internal angle (degrees)
120°
Properties
Convex, cyclic, equilateral, isogonal, isotoxal
Schläfli symbol
{6}, t{3}
Symmetry group
Dihedral (D6), order 2×6

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Regular hexagon

Dissection

Related polygons and tilings

Hexagonal structures

Tesselations by hexagons

Hexagon inscribed in a conic section

Hexagon tangential to a conic section

Equilateral triangles on the sides of an arbitrary hexagon

Skew hexagon

Convex equilateral hexagon

Hexagon versus Sexagon

Gallery of natural and artificial hexagons

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Hexagon

Nodes137
Edges136
Triples111
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014599
Components1

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Hexagon

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related to Gallery of natural and artificial hexagons · 17
Hexagon → Assembled E-ELT, BerkshireWładysław Gliński's, Crystal, Dry Tortugas National ParkThe, Fort Jefferson, Giant's Causeway, Hexagonal, Hexagonal Hanksite, Hexagone, In French, James Webb Space Telescope, Metropolitan France, Naturally, Northern Ireland, Reading, Taiwan Botanical GardensHexagonal, The
related to Symmetry · 12
Hexagon → D2, D3, D6, It, John Conway, The, There, These, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z6
related to External links · 11
Hexagon → An Introduction, Bestagons, CGP Grey, Definition, Eric, Hexagonal Geometry, Hexagons, Hexnet, MathWorld, Weisstein, YouTube
related to Hexagon versus Sexagon · 8
Hexagon → English, Greek, Historical, However, Latin, Occurrences, Some, The
related to Hexagon tangential to a conic section · 6
Hexagon → AD, BE, CF, In, Let ABCDEF, Then Brianchon's
related to Polyhedra with hexagons · 6
Hexagon → Coxeter, Goldberg, Platonic, The Archimedean, There, These
related to Dissection · 5
Hexagon → Coxeter, In, Other, Petrie, This
related to Hexagonal structures · 5
Hexagon → From, Giant's Causeway, In, Irregular, This
is a · 4
Hexagon → cyclic hexagon, part of the regular hexagonal tiling, Petrie polygon for these higher dimensional regular, skew polygon with six vertices and edges but not existing on the same plane
related to Regular hexagon · 4
Hexagon → However, Its, The, The Schläfli

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regular hexagonal equilateral hexagons sides symmetry polygon vertices six also edges triangle three cyclic plane triangles inscribed opposite parallel point

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HexagonDual polygonSelf1.00infobox
HexagonEdges and vertices61.00infobox
HexagonInternal angle (degrees)120°1.00infobox
HexagonPropertiesConvex, cyclic, equilateral, isogonal, isotoxal1.00infobox
HexagonSchläfli symbol{6}, t{3}1.00infobox
HexagonSymmetry groupDihedral (D6), order 2×61.00infobox
HexagonTypeRegular polygon1.00infobox
Hexagonis apart of the regular hexagonal tiling0.90text
Hexagonis acyclic hexagon0.90text
Hexagonis askew polygon with six vertices and edges but not existing on the same plane0.90text
Hexagonis aPetrie polygon for these higher dimensional regular0.90text
Hexagonmeasured byThe0.60section

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