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Definition of Hexad
1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
Generic synonyms: Digit, Figure
Definition of Hexad
1. n. 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.
Definition of Hexad
1. Noun. A group of six. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hexad
1. a group of six [n -S] : HEXADIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Hexad
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hexad
Literary usage of Hexad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Theory of Functions by James Harkness, Frank Morley (1893)
"The functions 0,,,, 6^, belong to the two pentagonal systems « and /J. The name
of each hexad is inferred from the marks in it very simply. ..."
2. ... The Elements of Chemistry by Sidney Augustus Norton (1878)
"THE hexad GROUP OP METALS. 493. Molybdenum and tungsten resemble each other, ...
They are rare elements imperfectly studied, and are probably hexad, ..."
3. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"hexad ELEMENTS. (527) Natural Relations of the hexad Non-metallic Elements.—Of
this group the typical element sulphur has been already described; ..."
4. The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley by Arthur Cayley (1896)
"ways the remaining three points of the cubic hexad : or what is the same thing,
there are 28 systems of cubics touching in a conic hexad, and 36 systems of ..."
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