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Definition: Hexagram |
HexagramNoun1. A regular polygon formed by completing two equilateral triangles from a regular hexagon. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Hexagram \Hex"a*gram\, noun. [Hexa- -gram.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Hexagram |
| English words defined with "hexagram": Magen David, Mogen David ♦ Star of David. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A hexagram is a six-pointed star. It is usually symmetrical, formed by two overlapping equilateral triangles.
The hexagram, like the pentagram, was and is used in practices of the occult as well as Satanism.
Some cultures say that the triangle pointing downwards represents female sexuality and the triangle pointing upwards represents male sexuality. The combination represents unity and harmony. In alchemy, the two triangles represent the reconciliation of the opposites of "fire" and "water".
The G2 root system is in the form of a hexagram.
One version of the hexagram is the Star of David, a traditional Jewish symbol.
A hexagram is any of the sixty-four sets of solid and broken lines used in the Chinese classic text I Ching. Each of these consists of two trigrams, and may be referred to either by its own name and number or as one trigram over another.
The hexagram was a large silver coin of the Byzantine Empire issued primarily during 7th century AD during the reigns of Heraclius, Constans II, and Constantine IV. It weighed about 6 grams. It was not as common as bronze or gold coinage.
See also: Byzantine currency.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hexagram."
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| "Hexagram" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hexagram" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hexagram | 41 |
unicursal hexagram | 15 |
i ching hexagram | 9 |
deftones hexagram lyrics | 9 |
deftones hexagram tab | 5 |
deftones hexagram | 5 |
hexagram lyrics | 4 |
hexagram tab | 3 |
hexagram ritual | 3 |
ching hexagram i meaning | 3 |
5 hexagram | 2 |
card ching hexagram i | 2 |
61 hexagram | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hexagram"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | hatágú csillag, zsidócsillag, Dávid-csillag. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | exagramhay altı köşeli yıldız. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hexagram": hexagrams. (additional references) | |
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"Hexagram" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lexigram. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "hexagram" (pronounced 'Hex"a*gram'): Actinogram, Anemogram, Barogram, Cablegram, Cardiogram, Cartogram, Chronogram, Cryptogram, Dekagram, Digram, Epigram, hectogram, heliogram, Hierogram, ideogram, Lettergram, Lipogram, logogram, Marconigram, Metergram, Myogram, Ondogram, Optogram, Oscillogram, Paragram, Parallelogram, Pentagram, Phlebogram, Phonogram, Photogram, Phraseogram, Polygram, program, Radiotelegram, Seismogram, spectrogram, Spectroheliogram, Sphenogram, Sphygmogram, Stereogram, tangram, Telautogram, telegram, Thermogram, Trangram, trigram. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-h-m-r-x" | |
-2 letters: graham. | |
-3 letters: aargh, gamer, gerah, grama, harem, herma, marge, regma. | |
-4 letters: agar, ager, agha, agma, ahem, amah, area, exam, gama, game, gear, germ, gram, haar, haem, hame, hare, harm, hear, herm, maar, mage, mare, raga, rage, ream, rhea. | |
-5 letters: aah, aga, age, aha, ama, are, arm, axe, ear, era, erg, gae, gam, gar, gem. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-h-m-r-x" | |
+1 letter: hexagrams. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 78 61 67 72 61 6D |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . -..- .- --. .-. .- -- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01111000 01100001 01100111 01110010 01100001 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e x a g r a m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0078 0061 0067 0072 0061 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4271906773846779 |
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