[ PICTOGRAM CASE HISTORY ]
Material Symbols Stack Hexagon Icon (Outlined). Usable with support.
Visible referent: stack hexagon. Intended message: The icon must communicate Stack Hexagon in a digital interface.. The report separates observed asset evidence, submitted context, and public evidence signals.
0.65
PCS
0.42
CLL
0.48
NTR
[ FEATURED PICTOGRAM ]
pictoclarity / material-symbols-stack-hexagon-outlined
Output - Material Symbols Stack Hexagon Icon (Outlined)
Assessing the communicative effectiveness of the Stack Hexagon icon
This reviewed catalog report estimates clarity for Stack Hexagon in default interface contexts. Scores are screening estimates and do not replace user testing.
0.65
PCS
PictoClarity Score
0.42
CLL
Convention Learning Load
0.48
NTR
Neurocognitive Transfer Risk
[ HOW THE CASE READS ]
From Input To Public Evidence.
The application stores structured evidence. The public page turns it into a readable pictogram case history.
01
Submitted Context
Framework output for the Material Symbols Stack Hexagon icon in the outlined style.
02
Primary Finding
Primary referent: stack hexagon.
03
Metric Reading
Implied function: The icon must communicate Stack Hexagon in a digital interface..
04
Public Recommendation
Conduct representative user testing across diverse user groups to validate semantic clarity and functional mapping before publication, focusing on users with varying platform conventions and icon familiarity.
[ EVIDENCE SCREENING ]
What The Estimate Surfaces.
Semantic Transparency Score
Input
Expected
Estimated
0.57
Confusion Risk Index
Input
Possible
Estimated
0.52
Readability Test Score
Input
Visual
Estimated
0.75
PictoClarity Score
Input
Estimated
Estimated
0.65
Usable with support 0.65
The pictogram works, but labels or testing remain important. The estimate applies to this pictogram, this meaning, and this public context.
Last Reviewed
Jun 24, 2026
[ SCORE SCALE ]
The Public Verdict Has A Range.
The level explains the estimated context. It is not a certification.
0.80-1.00
Strong clarity
The pictogram communicates well in this context.
Use it, then keep testing with real users.
0.65-0.79
Usable with support
Current report
The pictogram works with labels or context.
Pair it with text and monitor interpretation.
0.50-0.64
Needs intervention
The pictogram carries meaningful clarity risk.
Improve the symbol before relying on it.
0.00-0.49
Not reliable
The pictogram does not communicate enough alone.
Replace it or add strong alternative support.
[ CONVERGENCE PROFILE ]
Where Meaning Converges.
The profile compares visual evidence, semantic extraction, cultural recognition, time, and cognitive context. It describes estimated convergence, not universal validity.
Convergent meaning profile
The radar shows where meaning converges. It does not certify universal validity.
Area
0.35
Balance
0.87
Perceptual
0.75
Semantic
0.57
Functional
0.58
Cultural
0.53
Temporal
0.54
Neurocognitive
0.59
Context Independence
0.61
Collective Resonance
0.54
Weakest Axis
Cultural Convergence
How strongly recognition holds across cultural evidence and assumptions.
Strongest Axis
Perceptual Convergence
How strongly visual form survives size, blur, contrast, and detail loss.
| Axis | Score | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perceptual Convergence | 0.75 | How strongly visual form survives size, blur, contrast, and detail loss. |
| Semantic Convergence | 0.57 | How strongly extracted meaning converges on one interpretation. |
| Functional Convergence | 0.58 | How strongly the symbol maps to the intended function. |
| Cultural Convergence | 0.53 | How strongly recognition holds across cultural evidence and assumptions. |
| Temporal Convergence | 0.54 | How strongly meaning persists over time without semantic decay. |
| Neurocognitive Convergence | 0.59 | How strongly the symbol follows AAC pictogram reading: transparent referent, concrete action, low convention load, and support. |
| Context Independence | 0.61 | How strongly meaning survives without external labels or placement cues. |
| Collective Resonance | 0.54 | How strongly public evidence supports shared recognition and persistence. |
Evidence Notes.
8 Findings Published
Evidence
Primary referent: stack hexagon.
Evidence
Implied function: The icon must communicate Stack Hexagon in a digital interface..
Evidence
Metaphor type: functional.
Evidence
The icon's primary referent is a stack hexagon, visually represented by three outlined hexagons arranged in a stacked formation, consistent with provider metadata and intended functional meaning as a symbolic control in digital interfaces.
Evidence
Visual metrics indicate strong perceptual clarity with an overall visual score of 0.77, demonstrating good resilience to size reduction, blur, and contrast loss, supporting usability across platforms.
Evidence
Semantic transparency is moderate with a confidence of 0.85, but cultural convergence is the weakest axis at 0.53, indicating limited widespread cultural recognition and potential variability in user interpretation.
Evidence
Functional convergence is moderate (0.58), suggesting the icon generally maps to its intended function but may be confused with similar geometric stacking icons or database/building block symbols without adequate labeling or context.
Evidence
Cultural metrics show moderate referent recognition (0.59) and functional association (0.58), but a relatively high semantic obsolescence score (0.32) and moderate temporal decay (0.51) suggest some risk of meaning loss over time or across user cohorts.
[ TRANSFER / METRIC CHART ]
Public evidence trend
The chart shows public evidence buckets by evidence year. Cohort breakpoints appear only when an aging referent is active.
Public evidence trend
Evidence year: 2026
Evaluation
Reference point.
X axis: Evidence year
| Evidence year | Semantic Transparency | Cultural Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.46 | 0.74 |
| 1997 | 0.51 | 0.74 |
| 1998 | 0.52 | 0.74 |
| 1999 | 0.52 | 0.74 |
| 2000 | 0.51 | 0.74 |
| 2001 | 0.53 | 0.74 |
| 2002 | 0.55 | 0.75 |
| 2003 | 0.55 | 0.75 |
| 2004 | 0.57 | 0.75 |
| 2005 | 0.59 | 0.75 |
| 2006 | 0.59 | 0.75 |
| 2007 | 0.60 | 0.75 |
| 2008 | 0.61 | 0.75 |
| 2009 | 0.63 | 0.75 |
| 2010 | 0.64 | 0.75 |
| 2011 | 0.65 | 0.75 |
| 2012 | 0.66 | 0.75 |
| 2013 | 0.67 | 0.75 |
| 2014 | 0.68 | 0.75 |
| 2015 | 0.68 | 0.75 |
| 2016 | 0.69 | 0.76 |
| 2017 | 0.70 | 0.76 |
| 2018 | 0.71 | 0.76 |
| 2019 | 0.71 | 0.76 |
| 2020 | 0.72 | 0.75 |
| 2021 | 0.73 | 0.76 |
| 2022 | 0.73 | 0.75 |
| 2023 | 0.78 | 0.62 |
| 2024 | 0.78 | 0.61 |
| 2025 | 0.76 | 0.62 |
| 2026 | 0.72 | 0.60 |
asset source
Material Symbols stack_hexagon SVG
Material Symbols by Google
Unofficial clarity analysis. PictoClarity is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google. Material Symbols are provided by Google under their published license.
Open sourcepublic evidence
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OpenAlex / 2023-2023
Evidence query: stack hexagon icon comprehension.
Open sourcepublic evidence
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OpenAlex / 2012-2012
Evidence query: stack hexagon icon comprehension.
Open sourcepublic evidence
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OpenAlex / 2023-2023
Evidence query: stack hexagon icon comprehension.
Open sourcepublic evidence
Hexagonal Volume Local Binary Pattern (H-VLBP) with deep stacked autoencoder for Human Action Recognition
OpenAlex / 2019-2019
Evidence query: hexagon stacking recognition.
Open sourcepublic evidence
A stable zirconium based metal-organic framework for specific recognition of representative polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin molecules
OpenAlex / 2019-2019
Evidence query: hexagon stacking recognition.
Open sourcepublic evidence
Self‐Assembly of Hexagonal Peptide Microtubes and Their Optical Waveguiding
OpenAlex / 2011-2011
Evidence query: hexagon stacking recognition.
Open sourcepublic evidence
Rooms: the use of multiple virtual workspaces to reduce space contention in a window-based graphical user interface
OpenAlex / 1986-1986
Evidence query: geometric block arrangement pictogram meaning.
Open sourcehistorical evidence
Google Books Ngram annual buckets: stack hexagon
Google Books Ngram / 1996-2026
Annual extraction returned 0 records across 0 active years.
Open sourcehistorical evidence
OpenAlex annual buckets: stack hexagon icon comprehension
OpenAlex / 1996-2026
Annual extraction returned 91 records across 22 active years.
Open sourcehistorical evidence
Google Books Ngram annual buckets: hexagon stacking
Google Books Ngram / 1996-2026
Annual extraction returned 0 records across 0 active years.
Open sourcehistorical evidence
OpenAlex annual buckets: hexagon stacking recognition
OpenAlex / 1996-2026
Annual extraction returned 11520 records across 31 active years.
Open sourcehistorical evidence
OpenAlex annual buckets: stack hexagon
OpenAlex / 1996-2026
Annual extraction returned 92592 records across 31 active years.
Open source[ TECHNICAL SCORECARD ]
The Metrics Behind The Case.
PCS
0.65
PictoClarity Score
STS
0.57
Semantic Transparency Score
CRI
0.52
Confusion Risk Index
VRS
0.72
Visual Readability Score
PCH
1.00
Perceptual Cohesion
RTS
0.75
Readability Test Score
SRS
0.70
Scale Robustness Score
BRS
0.84
Blur Robustness Score
TCS
0.78
Target Contrast Stability
SDS
0.74
Stroke Durability Score
SFS
0.65
Silhouette Fidelity Score
NDS
1.00
Negative Detail Score
BBS
0.00
Bounding Box Balance
CPS
1.00
Compression Preservation
PDS
1.00
Pixel Density Suitability
ORS
0.65
Orientation Robustness
CAS
0.60
Color Accessibility Score
RRS
0.59
Referent Recognition Score
FAS
0.58
Functional Association Score
SOS
0.32
Semantic Obsolescence Score
CSS
0.58
Cultural Saturation Score
ERS
0.58
Evidence Reliability Score
MTS
0.43
Metaphor Transfer Score
TDS
0.51
Temporal Decay Score
GDS
0.27
Generational Divide Score
CLL
0.42
Convention Learning Load
NTR
0.48
Neurocognitive Transfer Risk
SPS
0.46
Symbol Persistence Score
OBS
0.19
Obsolescence Signal
CTS
0.00
Cohort Transfer Slope
[ RECOMMENDED NEXT ACTIONS ]
What Improves This Pictogram.
Action
Conduct representative user testing across diverse user groups to validate semantic clarity and functional mapping before publication, focusing on users with varying platform conventions and icon familiarity.
Action
Maintain visible text labels or tooltips alongside the icon until semantic transparency and cultural recognition are empirically confirmed to reduce confusion risk.
Action
Ensure consistent placement and contextual cues in the interface to support correct interpretation and reduce confusion with similar geometric or database-related icons.
Action
Consider enhancing the icon's distinctiveness or pairing it with explanatory text in accessibility contexts to mitigate neurocognitive transfer risks and convention learning load.
Action
Monitor evolving cultural and semantic trends post-deployment to detect any semantic obsolescence or temporal decay, updating the icon or usage guidelines as needed to maintain clarity and usability.
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