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sex·a·ges·i·mal

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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 sexāgésimālis. See Sexagesima, -al¹

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sex·a·ges·i·mal Audio Help (sěk'sə-jěs'ə-məl) Pronunciation Key
adj. Of, relating to, or based on the number 60.

[From Latin sexāgēsimus, sixtieth; see Sexagesima.]

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sexagesimal
adjective
of or relating to or reckoning in sixtieths; "the sexagesimal divisions of hours and degrees"

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Sexagesimal

As`tro*nom"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), a. [L. astronomicus, Gr. 'astronomiko`s: cf. F. astronomique.] Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy. -- As`tro*nom"ic*al*ly, adv.

Astronomical clock. See under Clock.

Astronomical day. See under Day.

Astronomical fractions, Astronomical numbers. See under Sexagesimal.

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Sexagesimal

Sex*ag"e*na*ry\, a. [L. sexagenarius, fr. sexageni sixty each, akin to sexaginta sixty, sex six: cf. sexag['e]naire. See Six.] Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old.

Sexagenary arithmetic. See under Sexagesimal.

Sexagenary, or Sexagesimal, scale (Math.), a scale of numbers in which the modulus is sixty. It is used in treating the divisions of the circle.

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