Saturn's hexagon , a hexagonal cloud pattern around the north pole of the planet. Benzene , the simplest aromatic compound with hexagonal shape.

Crystal structure of a molecular hexagon composed of hexagonal aromatic rings. Naturally formed basalt columns from Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland ; large masses must cool slowly to form a polygonal fracture pattern.

The James Webb Space Telescope mirror is composed of 18 hexagonal segments. Metropolitan France has a vaguely hexagonal shape.

In French, l'Hexagone refers to the European mainland of France. Hexagonal Hanksite crystal, one of many hexagonal crystal system minerals.

The Hexagon , a hexagonal theatre in Reading, Berkshire. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Hexagon disambiguation.

Shape with six sides. When the side length AB is given, then you draw around the point A and around the point B a circular arc.

The intersection M is the center of the circumscribed circle. Transfer the line segment AB four times on the circumscribed circle and connect the corner points.

Main article: Hexagonal tiling. Assembled E-ELT mirror segments. A beehive honeycomb. The scutes of a turtle's carapace. Pavilion in the Taiwan Botanical Gardens.

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Examples of hexagon in a Sentence Recent Examples on the Web There is also a sun room — three sides of windows with a glass roof that a hexagon.

To find the sum of the interior angles of a hexagon, divide it up into triangles There are four triangles Because the sum of the angles of each triangle is degrees We get.

So, the sum of the interior angles of a hexagon is degrees. To find the measure of the interior angles, we know that the sum of all the angles is degrees from above And there are six angles Telling stories that inspire us while creating a map where we can recharge our batteries, while inspiring young generations to be resilient as they invent new ways of caring about this world, is the key to a sustainable future.

In her installations, gold leaf hexagons initially placed on the floor —where people can walk around them, stomp on them or do whatever they please with them— represent the apparent frailty but ultimately the fundamental strength of any artist who, to realize his or her vision, must persevere in the face of sometimes overwhelming adversity.

In this struggle to be heard, perseverance helps but even more important to the work of an artist are the conversations and the inspiration that can be had through the free exchange of ideas.

Artists, in short, need to mingle and to constantly challenge their own points of view. My grandfather, Ernest Hemingway , once said that Paris was the perfect place to write, and I agree, not only because of the illustrious company that he kept from F.

Scott Fitzgerald and Joyce to Pablo Picasso , but also because of the mentors that he had.