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hexagram
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
, can be seen as a compound composed of an upwards (blue here) and downwards (pink) facing equilateral triangle , with their intersection as a regular hexagon (in green). A hexagram ( Greek ) or sexagram ( Latin ) is a six-pointed geometric star figure ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1863 as a type of geometric figure, from hexa- + -gram . I Ching sense attested from 1882.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A hollow six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles; the Star of David. 2 Any of the 64 sets of solid and broken lines used for divination in the I Ching. 3 A large silver coin minted during the Byzantine.
Usage examples of hexagram.
Halophus laid them in a tiny fireset in the middle of the hexagram the wizard had drawn on the purple-black armor.
But my hexagram this morning said, 'In adversity, it furthers one to be persevering,' and yours read, 'Success in small matters.
We were casting hexagrams while the Standards stood and watched over our shoulders.
Before turning off the lights, the master showed Michael some of the hexagrams in the book.
Michael recalled it from the series of hexagrams Wurlitzer had just indicated to him.
Choosing various hexagrams, he rigorously applied his newfound ability to imposing them on other imagined forms: a subway entrance, for example, himself standing above, not seeing down into it, but then little by little finding himself able to move from one imagined point to another, to the steps, down them, to the change booth, purchasing tokens, clanking through the turnstile, noting the people waiting, glimpsing newspaper headlines: secretary of state returns to Mideast FOR TALKS, catching fragments of conversation: "An' I says to her, look, I says, you gotta get aholt a yaself," hearing the cry of the train as it slid into the station, the doors opening, and himself getting on, being carried away into darkness.
The hexagrams on this chart will help you to predict the fortunate years for your people and the jade tablet will give you the authority to judge wisely.
It was much like an ordinary pocket calculator, except that the LCD screen was a little larger than usual, in order to accommodate the abridged judgements of King Wen on each of the sixty-four hexagrams, and also the commentaries of his son, the Duke of Chou, on each of the lines of each hexagram.
Triangles, an uncircled pentagram, and one hexagram, a six-pointed star.