sexagesimal
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Is sexagesimal a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of sexagesimal?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number sixty.Examples: "The common English divisions of time, longitude, and latitude are all computed using sexagesimal arithmetic."; "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."Synonyms: sexagenary, base-60not-comparable
noun (English)
1. (mathematics) A fraction involving division by 60; a sixtieth part of something.Examples: "Decimals are actually less convenient than sexagesimals for working with most common fractions."
2. (mathematics) A base-60 number.Examples: "Babylonian mathematics was computed in sexagesimals."
Definition source: Wiktionary