Hex- means six and oct= means eight.
six
tri qua pen hex hep sep oct non dec hen dod
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9nil un bi tri quad pent hex sept oct enn
Both of does prefixes mean not. In this case, these prefixes make words the opposite of what they mean.
Hexagon is a root word for us, derived from the Greek hex, 'six'.
Eight.
Hexagon is a polygon with 6 sides. Hex = Six. Some popular prefixes... Pent = 5 Hex = 6 Oct = 8
These prefixes are:meth, eth, prop, but, pent, hex, hept, oct, non, dec.
tri qua pen hex hep sep oct non dec hen dod
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9nil un bi tri quad pent hex sept oct enn
Oct is the prefix for eight. Bi is the prefix for two.
Quad - 4 Pent - 5 Hex - 6 Sept - 7 Oct - 8
By itself, it means nothing. But it is a Greek prefix meaning 5.
Different compounds can be formed of the same elements, so the prefixes are needed to distinguish different binary compounds.
Prefixes meaning 4 are quad (Latin) and tetra (Greek).
Well, that would mean that the "hex" is the shape with six sides. Also, it would be any thing or any word with hex and most likely ( 85% ) would have to do with hex.
1 meth 2 eth 3 prop 4 but 5 pent 6 hex 7 hept 8 oct 9 non 10 dec
hex = 6, hept = 7, oct = 8, non or enne = 9.