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.

Derivatives:

sexagesimally adv.

Etymology: L sexagesimus (as SEXAGESIMA)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.