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SEXAGESIMAL

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sex⋅a⋅ges⋅i⋅mal

  [sek-suh-jes-uh-muhl]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or based upon the number 60.
–noun
2. a fraction whose denominator is 60 or a power of 60.
Origin:
1675–85; < ML sexāgēsimālis. See Sexagesima, -al 1
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sex·a·ges·i·mal   (sěk'sə-jěs'ə-məl)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or based on the number 60.

[From Latin sexāgēsimus, sixtieth; see Sexagesima.]
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