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Sexagesimal
Pronunciation : Sex`a*ges"i*mal
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Cf. F. sexag?simal.]
Definition : Defn: Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty. Sexagesimal fractions or numbers (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Sex`a*ges"i*mal
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A sexagesimal fraction.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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