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Webster 1913 Edition


Sexagenary

Sex-ag′e-na-ry

,
Adj.
[L.
sexagenarius
, fr.
sexageni
sixty each, akin to
sexaginta
sixty,
sex
six: cf.
sexagénaire
. See
Six
.]
Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old.
Sexagenary arithmetic
.
See under
Sexagesimal
.
Sexagenary scale
, or
Sexagesimal scale
(Math.)
,
a scale of numbers in which the modulus is sixty. It is used in treating the divisions of the circle.

Sex-ag′e-na-ry

,
Noun.
1.
Something composed of sixty parts or divisions.
2.
A sexagenarian.
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sexagenary

SEX'AGENARY

,
Adj.
[L. sexagenarius, from sex, six, and a word signifying ten, seen in viginti; bis-genti.] Designating the number sixty; as a noun, a person sixty years of age; also, something composed of sixty.

Definition 2024


sexagenary

sexagenary

English

Adjective

sexagenary (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to the number sixty, particularly:
    1. Containing sixty years.
      The sexagenary cycle is formed by combining the twelve earthly branches representing the years of Jupiter's orbital cycle and the ten heavenly stems of the Shang-era week, stopping halfway through to reflect the pairing of yin and yang terms.
    2. (now rare) Synonym of sexagenarian: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old.
    3. (mathematics, astronomy, now rare) Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60.

Noun

sexagenary (plural sexagenaries)

  1. (mathematics, astronomy, now rare) Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60 numeration.
  2. (now rare) Synonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old.