hexad

Meaning

1. A group of six.
2. An element or radical with the combining power of six units, i.e. six atoms of hydrogen.

Synonyms

half a dozen

sestet

sextet

sextuplet

six

VI

sixer

6

sise

Captain Hicks

Hyphenated as

hex‧ad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɛksæd/

Etymology

From hex- + -ad.