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Hexagram

noun
1.
A regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles.





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"Hexagram" Quotes from Famous Books



... blue hexagram (six-pointed linear star) known as the Magen David (Shield of David) centered between two equal horizontal blue bands near the top and ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... course the triangle; the irregular and vital beauty of the number 5 appears clearly in the heptalpha, or five-pointed star; the faultless symmetry of 6, its relation to 3 and 2, and its regular division of the circle, are portrayed in the familiar hexagram known as the Shield of David. Seven, when represented as a compact group of circles reveals itself as a number of singular beauty and perfection, worthy of the important place accorded to it in all mystical philosophy (Illustration 73). It is a curious fact that when asked to think ...
— The Beautiful Necessity • Claude Fayette Bragdon


Words linked to "Hexagram" :   Solomon's seal, Mogen David, Magen David, Star of David, star, Shield of David


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