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hexagram definition

hexa·gram (hek′sə gram′)

noun

  1. a six-pointed star formed by extending the sides of a regular hexagon, or by placing one equilateral triangle over another so that corresponding sides intersect
  2. in the I Ching, a pair of trigrams

Etymology: hexa- + -gram

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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