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 | change source]
A beehive honeycomb
The scutes of a turtle's carapace
Micrograph of a snowflake
Hexagonal floor tesselations (in Rome)
A regular hexagon, with all sides the same length and all vertices the same angle.
Naturally formed basalt columns from Giant's Causeway in Ireland; large masses must cool slowly to form a polygonal fracture pattern
An aerial view of Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park
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- 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)
Special cases, including regular polygons with their own names, in parentheses List of polygons by number of sides | ||
| 1–10 sides |  | |
| 11–20 sides | ||
| 21–30 sides | ||
| 31–40 sides | ||
| 41–50 sides | ||
| 51–100 sides (selected) |
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| Star polygons (5–14 sides) | ||
| >100 sides | ||
| Triangles | ||
| Quadrilaterals | ||