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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.
Definition 2024
sexagesimal
sexagesimal
See also: sexagésimal
English
Adjective
sexagesimal (not comparable)
- (mathematics) of, pertaining by, proceeding by, or based on the number sixty
Noun
sexagesimal (plural sexagesimals)
- a sexagesimal fraction