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English Dictionary: hexad by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hexad
n
  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hexad \Hex"ad\, n. [L. hexas, hexadis, the number six, Gr. [?],
      [?], fr. "e`x six.] (chem.)
      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.
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