What does hexad mean?

Definitions for hexad
ˈhɛk sædhex·ad

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexadnoun

    the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

Wiktionary

  1. hexadnoun

    A group of six.

ChatGPT

  1. hexad

    A hexad is a group or set of six things. This term can be used in various fields such as mathematics, biology, and music to denote a collection or arrangement of six elements or units.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hexadnoun

    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

  2. Etymology: [L. hexas, hexadis, the number six, Gr. , , fr. "e`x six.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Hexad

    hek′sad, n. a series of six numbers: (chem.) an element or radical with the combining power of six units—i.e. of six atoms of hydrogen.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hexad in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hexad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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