sexenary

sex·e·nar·y

[sek-suh-ner-ee]
adjective
2.
sextuple ( def 1 ).
3.
(of a numerical system) with a base of six.

Origin:
1805–15; irregular < Latin sex six + -enary, as in septenary

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