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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hexad n : 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}]
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