SEIS
(sayz)
Six
in Spanish
Common
clues: Dos
times tres; Cinco follower; Six in Seville; Tres y tres;
Spaniard's six; Half of doce; Thrice dos
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Six
is the second smallest composite number, its proper divisors
being 1, 2 and 3.
Six
is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three
consecutive positive numbers.
6
similar coins can be arranged around a central coin of the same
radius so that each coin makes contact with the central one (and
touches both its neighbors without a gap), but seven cannot be so
arranged. This makes 6 the answer to the two-dimensional kissing
number problem. The densest sphere packing of the plane is
obtained by extending this pattern to the hexagonal lattice in
which each circle touches just six others.
The
evolution of our modern glyph for 6 appears rather simple when
compared with that for the other numerals. Our modern 6 can be
traced back to the Brahmins of India, who wrote it in one stroke
like a cursive lowercase e rotated 90 degrees clockwise.
Gradually, the upper part of the stroke (above the central
squiggle) became more curved, while the lower part of the stroke
(below the central squiggle) became straighter. The Ghubar Arabs
dropped the part of the stroke below the squiggle. From there,
the European evolution to our modern 6 was very straightforward,
aside from a flirtation with a glyph that looked more like an
uppercase G.
On
the seven-segment displays of calculators and watches, 6 is
usually written with six segments. Some historical calculator
models use just five segments for the 6, by omitting the top
horizontal bar. This glyph variant has not caught on; for
calculators that can display results in hexadecimal, a 6 that
looks like a 'b' is not practical.
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It uses material from the Wikipedia
article "6_(number)".
SEIS
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Tu+ >1 03 Cinco follower
06
Six in Seville
6
We- >1 05 Tres y tres
6
Th >1 08 Twice tres
4
Mo+ >1 04 Spaniard's six
3
Fr+ >1 04 Half of doce
2
Fr- >1 08 Dos into doce
2
Th >1 08 Dos times tres
2
Fr- >1 07 Durango dinnertime, maybe
2
Fr >1 05 José's half-dozen
2
Th Rea 06 Six, in Sinaloa
2
Tu >1 08 Thrice dos
1
Th WaP 98 Cinco-siete connection
1
Tu NYT 94 DOS + cuatro
00
Dos + dos + dos
1
Th WaP 01 Dos y cuatro
1
Sa NYT 00 Evening hour, in Madrid
1
Th LAT 99 Half-dozen tamales
1
Sa LAT 08 Jorge's half-dozen
1
We Tau 07 Juan's half-dozen
1
Fr LAT 05 Mazatlán mealtime, maybe
1
Th NYT 01 Number after cinco
1
Th NYS 06 Number of cervezas in a pack
1
Sa NYT 07 Number of wives of Enrique VIII
1
We Jon 05 Ocho menos dos
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