Hexagon
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A hexagon is a polygon with 6 sides and 6 corners (vertices). Like regular triangles and squares, hexagons fit together without gaps, which are known as tesselations. They therefore are often used for tiling floors. They are also quite common in nature. The honeycombs in beehives are hexagons, for example.
Hexagons: in nature and by humankind[change]
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A beehive honeycomb
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The scutes of a turtle's carapace
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Micrograph of a snowflake
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Hexagonal floor tesselations (in Rome)
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A regular hexagon, with all sides the same length and all vertices the same angle.
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Naturally formed basalt columns from Giant's Causeway in Ireland; large masses must cool slowly to form a polygonal fracture pattern
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An aerial view of Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park
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Other websites[change]
- Definition and properties of a hexagon With interactive animation
- Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn
- Saturn's Strange Hexagon
- A hexagonal feature around Saturn's North Pole
- "Bizarre Hexagon Spotted on Saturn" - from Space.com (27 March 2007)
