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Meaning of "hexafoil" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEXAFOIL

hexafoil  [ˈhɛksəˌfɔɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEXAFOIL

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hexafoil is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HEXAFOIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hexafoil

Hexafoil

A hexafoil is a traditional element of Gothic architecture, created by overlapping six circular arcs to form a flower-like image. One common form of the hexafoil has a ring of six tangent circles circumscribed by a larger circle. It may be constructed by compass and straightedge, by drawing six circles at the centers of a regular hexagon, with diameter equal to the side of the hexagon. The inner circles of the hexafoil have radius 1/3 that of the outer circle containing them, from which it is possible to derive the area and perimeter of the figure as a mathematical exercise.

Definition of hexafoil in the English dictionary

The definition of hexafoil in the dictionary is a pattern with six lobes around a regular hexagon.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEXAFOIL


aerofoil
ˈɛərəʊˌfɔɪl
airfoil
ˈɛəˌfɔɪl
cinquefoil
ˈsɪŋkˌfɔɪl
counterfoil
ˈkaʊntəˌfɔɪl
eightfoil
ˈeɪtˌfɔɪl
foil
fɔɪl
hydrofoil
ˈhaɪdrəˌfɔɪl
jetfoil
ˈdʒɛtˌfɔɪl
milfoil
ˈmɪlˌfɔɪl
multifoil
ˈmʌltɪˌfɔɪl
parafoil
ˈpærəˌfɔɪl
quatrefoil
ˈkætrəˌfɔɪl
sexfoil
ˈsɛksˌfɔɪl
tinfoil
ˈtɪnˌfɔɪl
trefoil
ˈtrɛfɔɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEXAFOIL

hexadactylic
hexadactylous
hexadecane
hexadecanoic acid
hexadecimal
hexadecimal notation
hexadic
hexaemeric
hexaemeron
hexafluoride
hexaglot
hexagon
hexagonal
hexagonally
hexagram
hexagrammoid
hexagynian
hexagynous
hexahedral
hexahedron

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEXAFOIL

aluminium foil
aluminum foil
bird´s-foot trefoil
cooking foil
freezer foil
gold foil
hop trefoil
kitchen foil
marsh cinquefoil
silver foil
tick trefoil
water milfoil

Synonyms and antonyms of hexafoil in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hexafoil» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEXAFOIL

Find out the translation of hexafoil to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hexafoil from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hexafoil» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hexafoil
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hexafoil
570 millions of speakers

English

hexafoil
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hexafoil
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hexafoil
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hexafoil
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hexafoil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hexafoil
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hexafoil
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heksafoil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hexafoil
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hexafoil
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hexafoil
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hexafoil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hexafoil
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hexafoil
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेक्सफॉइल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hexafoil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hexafoil
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hexafoil
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hexafoil
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hexafoil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hexafoil
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hexafoil
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hexafoil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hexafoil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hexafoil

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEXAFOIL»

The term «hexafoil» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.285 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of hexafoil
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEXAFOIL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hexafoil» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hexafoil» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hexafoil

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEXAFOIL»

Discover the use of hexafoil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hexafoil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Plane Geometry
Determine the radius of the interior hexagon ; the perimeter of the hexafoil ; the area of the hexafoil. (How does a radius of one of the smallest circles compare in length with a radius of the largest circle ?) 15. About the vertices of a regular ...
William Betz, Harrison Emmett Webb, Percey Franklyn Smith, 1912
2
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
PARALLELS AND CHRONOLOGY The hexafoil, or six-petalled marigold, occurs on three of the stones from Cladh a'Bhile (nos 1, 2 and 3). In 1959, a fragment of a carved stone was found re-used in a path by a garden cottage associated with  ...
‎2006
3
Bwletin Y Bwrdd Gwybodau Celtaidd
Fig. 7 Hexafoil motif: I, Mycenae: Grave V; 2, Istanbul, Santa Sophia: wood carving; Hexatriangle pattern: 3, Mycenae: gold scale from Grave III; 6, Ireland. Ballinderry crannog: reverse side of zoomorphic penannular brooch; Octopus pattern: 4, ...
‎1992
4
Handbook of Optomechanical Engineering
... Spherical Ter Astigmatism Sec Tetrafoil Pri Hexafoil Ter Coma Ter Trefoil Sec Pentafoil Ter Spherical Qua Astigmatism Ter Tetrafoil Sec Hexafoil Functional ( Units) Phase (Deg) Residual RMS 24.8842 24.8842 2.2940 1.5996 1.5995 1.5995 ...
Anees Ahmad, 1996
5
Gold Coins of the World: From Ancient Times to the Present. ...
Obverse within circle and circular legend / Rv. Within lotus-like hexafoil. 629. Heavy Tanka or Dinar (13.7 gm) AH 748. 3500 Arabic legend on each side. Obv. within circle and circular legend / Rv. Within angular hexafoil. 630. 1 Tanka (11 gm) ...
Arthur L. Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg, 2009
6
Ancient Chinese Art: The Ernest Erickson Collection in the ...
1985 214.15 HEXAFOIL COVERED BOX T'ang dynasty, 7th-8th c. Silver, 31/8 x 11/4 in. (8 x 3.2 cm.) The graceful shape of this box is an innovation of Tang silversmiths. Both the bottom and the top halves of the box have been hammered from ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Maxwell K. Hearn, 1987
7
Standard Catalog of World Coins 1601-1700
AH10XX//15 _ 145 240 400 600 _ Agra KM# 147.1 RUPEE (Type 147) Silver Obv : Fancy heXafoil boarder Rev: Fancy heXafoil boarder Shape: Square Note: Weight varies: 11.20-11.50 grams. Date Mintage VG F VF XF Unc AH1020//6 _ 200 ...
George S. Cuhaj, Thomas Michael, 2011
8
Nishapur: Some Early Islamic Buildings and Their Decoration
The basic figure is a hexafoil with a single foil uppermost. The two hexafoils nearest it in the long panel also have a single foil at the top, whereas the one on the far left is turned sideways so that a pair of semicircular foils are uppermost.
Charles Kyrle Wilkinson, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 1987
9
The Aldine Press: Catalogue of the Ahmanson-Murphy ...
... massed floral centers, rope-work pattern corners; five raised bands, gilt floral roll on each. Large Dutch marbled endpapers (blue, red, yellow and green); alternate hexafoil and flower and sprig roll on turn-ins (as board edges). Heavy green ...
University of California, Los Angeles. Library, 2001
10
The Making of the Bibles Moralisées: Volume I: The Manuscripts
The second type of frame is entirely curvilinear, consisting of a hexafoil, the cusps indented at top and bottom and the central foils smaller at each side. Both the rectilinear and curvilinear frames are for the most part conceived as standing in ...
John Lowden

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEXAFOIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hexafoil is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hungary: King Louis the Great Featured on New Gold Coin
... Hungary and the house of Anjou inside a hexafoil, thus uniting the arms of the country (Hungarian stripes) and the royal house (fleurs-de-lis). «Coin Update News, Aug 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hexafoil [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hexafoil>. May 2024 ».
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