About The Word Sexagesimal
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Sexagesimal
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What's The Definition Of Sexagesimal?Synonyms | Synonyms for Sexagesimal: Related Terms | Find terms related to Sexagesimal: See Also | Sexagesimal In Webster's Dictionary \Sex`a*ges"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. sexag['e]simal.]
Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.
{Sexagesimal fractions} or {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}, or {Sexagenary}, {arithmetic}, the method of
computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties.
{Sexagesimal scale} (Math.), the sexagenary scale.
\Sex`a*ges"i*mal\, n. A sexagesimal fraction. |
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