SEXAGESIMAL


Meaning of SEXAGESIMAL in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 of sixtieths. 2 of sixty. 3 reckoning or reckoned by sixtieths.

n. (in full sexagesimal fraction) a fraction with a denominator equal to a power of 60 as in the divisions of the degree and hour. sexagesimally adv.

[ L sexagesimus (as SEXAGESIMA) ]

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