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Hexagon vs Tetragonal - What's the difference?

hexagon | tetragonal |

As a noun hexagon

is a polygon with six sides and six angles.

As an adjective tetragonal is

having four sides (as a tetragon); quadrilateral.

hexagon

English

(wikipedia hexagon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A polygon with six sides and six angles.

    • Derived terms

    * Lemoine hexagon * Tucker hexagon

    Related terms

    * hexagonal

    tetragonal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having four sides (as a tetragon); quadrilateral.
  • (crystallography) Having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angles 90°.

    • Derived terms

    * ditetragonal

    Coordinate terms

    * triclinic * monoclinic * orthorhombic * hexagonal * rhombohedral * cubic ----