Editing Hexagon (section)

==Hexagonal structures==
[[File:Giant's Causeway (13).JPG|thumb|Giant's Causeway closeup]]
From bees' [[honeycomb]]s to the [[Giant's Causeway]], hexagonal patterns are prevalent in nature due to their efficiency. In a [[hexagonal grid]] each line is as short as it can possibly be if a large area is to be filled with the fewest hexagons. This means that honeycombs require less [[wax]] to construct and gain much strength under [[compression (physics)|compression]].

Irregular hexagons with parallel opposite edges are called [[parallelogon]]s and can also tile the plane by translation. In three dimensions, [[hexagonal prism]]s with parallel opposite faces are called [[parallelohedron]]s and these can tessellate 3-space by translation.
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
|+ Hexagonal prism tessellations
! Form
! [[Hexagonal tiling]]
! [[Hexagonal prismatic honeycomb]]
|-
! Regular
| [[File:Uniform tiling 63-t0.svg|170px]]
| [[File:Hexagonal prismatic honeycomb.png|170px]]
|-
! Parallelogonal
| [[File:Isohedral tiling p6-7.svg|170px]]
| [[File:Skew hexagonal prism honeycomb.png|240px]]
|}