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hexagonal close packing

one of two densest possible sphere packings in 3D Euclidean space
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hexagonal close packing

Summary

hexagonal close packing is a lattice[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • hexagonal close packing's image is recorded as Hexagonal A3.svg[3].
  • hexagonal close packing's instance of is recorded as lattice[4].
  • hexagonal close packing's instance of is recorded as crystal structure[5].
  • hexagonal close packing's subclass of is recorded as close-packing of equal spheres[6].
  • hexagonal close packing's Commons category is recorded as Hexagonal close-packed lattices[7].
  • hexagonal close packing's facet of is recorded as Kepler conjecture[8].
  • hexagonal close packing's computes solution to is recorded as close-packing of equal spheres[9].
  • hexagonal close packing's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122dryq1[10].
  • hexagonal close packing's MathWorld ID is recorded as HexagonalClosePacking[11].
  • hexagonal close packing's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[12].

Why It Matters

hexagonal close packing has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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