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sexagesimal

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌsɛk.səˈdʒɛ.sɪ.məl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aaeegilmssxStarts with SEnds with L0 clues
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Definitions

  1. of or relating to or reckoning in sixtieths

Word origin

From Medieval Latin sexagesimalis, from sexāgēsimus (“sixtieth”) + -ālis (“-al”), from sexāgintā (“sixty”). Cognate with sexagenary and sexagenarian. Cf. sextal.

Used in a sentence

  • The common English divisions of time, longitude, and latitude are all computed using sexagesimal arithmetic.
  • The first sixty argam form the basis for my own sexagesimal use, in the accounting of my business and in the dimensioning of buildings.
  • She then supplied a detailed description of the Babylonians, who had relied on a sexagesimal system―counting by sixties, she explained―for both mathematics and astronomy.

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