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Webster 1913 Edition

Sexagesimal

Sexˊa-ges′i-mal

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
sexagésimal
.]
Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.
Sexagesimal fractions
or
Sexagesimal numbers
(Arith. & Alg.)
,
those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, 1⁄60, 1⁄3600, 1⁄216000; – called also
astronomical fractions
, because formerly there were no others used in astronomical calculations.
–
Sexagesimal arithmetic
, or
Sexagenary arithmetic
,
the method of computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties.
–
Sexagesimal scale
(Math.)
,
the sexagenary scale.

Sexˊa-ges′i-mal

,
Noun.
A sexagesimal fraction.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sexagesimal

SEXAGES'IMAL

,
Adj.
Sixtieth; pertaining to the number sexty. Sexagenary or sexgesimal arithmetic, is a method of comutation by sexties, as that which is used in dividing minutes into seconds

Definition 2024

sexagesimal

sexagesimal

See also: sexagésimal

English

Adjective

sexagesimal ‎(not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) of, pertaining by, proceeding by, or based on the number sixty

Noun

sexagesimal ‎(plural sexagesimals)

  1. a sexagesimal fraction

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