hex-
(hɛks)
Gr. ἕξ six, not used in comb. in Greek, exc. as standing for ἑξα- hexa- before a vowel, but used as a combining element in modern formations, chiefly in Chem. (where hexa- is more regular), in sense ‘containing six atoms or molecules of the radical or substance’; as hexbenzoate, hexbromide, hexdecyl (= hexadecyl), hexfluoride, hexhydric adj. (containing six hydroxyl molecules).
| 1873 Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) 500 Chromium forms a hex⁓fluoride. Ibid. 561 A crystalline mass, consisting of quintone hexbromide. Ibid. 629 With benzoic acid, it forms a dibenzoate and hexbenzoate. Ibid. 803 Quinone treated with chlorine yields, as final product, hexchlorobenzene. 1877 Ibid. (ed. 12) II. 160 Hexdecyl or Cetyl Alcohol. 1878 Kingzett Anim. Chem. 402 Hexhydric alcohol of the general formula CnH2n-4(OH)6. |