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sexagesimal

Syllabification: (sex·a·ges·i·mal)
Pronunciation: /ˌseksəˈjesəməl/
Definition of sexagesimal

adjective

  • 1of, relating to, or reckoning by sixtieths.
  • 2of or relating to the number sixty.

noun

(also sexagesimal fraction)
  • a fraction based on sixtieths (i.e., with a denominator equal to a power of sixty), as in the divisions of the degree and hour.

Derivatives

sexagesimally

adverb

Origin:

late 17th century: from Latin sexagesimus 'sixtieth' + -al

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