Definition of hexad Hexad

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What does hexad mean?

Noun
hexad - the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
		six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet

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hexad (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.

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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