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Hexagon

Hexagon

(Science: geometry) a plane figure of six angles. Regular hexagon, a hexagon in which the angles are all equal, and the sides are also all equal.

Origin: L. Hexagonum, gr. Six-cornered; six (akin to E. Six) _ angle.


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Re: Please Help! Macromolecules

... structures. You’ve got a distorted Haworth projection of the cyclic or pyranose form of glucose. There are carbon atoms at each vertex of the hexagon (except the one occupied by an oxygen atom). If you count the vertices as one carbon each and add to that count the explicit carbon atom, you ...

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by blcr11
Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:31 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Please Help! Macromolecules
Replies: 9
Views: 648

Microscope Measurements

... field of view is 1.8 mm (overall magnification of 100x) -there is 14 cells across the diameter -it appears to be a plant cell (has cell wall and hexagon shape) thanks for your help

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by zmike
Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:01 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Microscope Measurements
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Views: 2182

The Fiber Disease

... steam out quickly acording to most therodynamics.. the crap raining down in my area will spin into an orb and keeps gaing velocity until a certain hexagon pattern is reached then it becomes brown and gradually gets smaller untill it exits as a fine black speck... a sort of gravitic effect goes ...

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by Nadas Moksha
Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:35 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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Is ethane a carbohydrate? why or why not?

... (carboxylic acid) 3 = prop -- eg: propanoate (ester) 4 = but -- eg: butene (alkene) After four, the normal system is used. Pent (pentagon, Hex (Hexagon), etc. 5 = pent 6 = hex And so forth. Hope that helps. Lawrence

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by robotics
Wed Mar 02, 2005 6:01 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Is ethane a carbohydrate? why or why not?
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Views: 3760


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