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Sexagesimal — (base sixty) is a numeral system with sixty as the base. It originated with the ancient Sumerians in the 2000s BC, was transmitted to the Babylonians, and is still used in modified form for measuring time, angles, and geographic coordinates.The… … Wikipedia
sexagesimal fraction — noun or sexagesimal number : a fraction whose denominator is some power of 60 (as 1/60, 1/3600, 1/216000) … Useful english dictionary
Sexagesimal — Sex a*ges i*mal, a. [Cf. F. sexag[ e]simal.] Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty. [1913 Webster] {Sexagesimal fractions} or {Sexagesimal numbers} (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, 1/60,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sexagesimal arithmetic — Sexagesimal Sex a*ges i*mal, a. [Cf. F. sexag[ e]simal.] Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty. [1913 Webster] {Sexagesimal fractions} or {Sexagesimal numbers} (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sexagesimal fractions — Sexagesimal Sex a*ges i*mal, a. [Cf. F. sexag[ e]simal.] Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty. [1913 Webster] {Sexagesimal fractions} or {Sexagesimal numbers} (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sexagesimal numbers — Sexagesimal Sex a*ges i*mal, a. [Cf. F. sexag[ e]simal.] Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty. [1913 Webster] {Sexagesimal fractions} or {Sexagesimal numbers} (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sexagesimal scale — Sexagesimal Sex a*ges i*mal, a. [Cf. F. sexag[ e]simal.] Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty. [1913 Webster] {Sexagesimal fractions} or {Sexagesimal numbers} (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sexagesimal — [seks΄əjes′i məl] adj. [ML sexagesimalis < L sexagesimus, sixtieth < sexaginta, sixty] of or based on the number sixty … English World dictionary
Number — For other uses, see Numbers (disambiguation). A number is a mathematical object used to count and measure. In mathematics, the definition of number has been extended over the years to include such numbers as zero, negative numbers, rational… … Wikipedia
Sexagesimal scale — Sexagenary Sex*ag e*na*ry, a. [L. sexagenarius, fr. sexageni sixty each, akin to sexaginta sixty, sex six: cf. sexag[ e]naire. See {Six}.] Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
