sexagesimal
IPA: sˈɛksʌdʒˈɛsɪmʌɫ
noun
- (mathematics) A fraction involving division by 60; a sixtieth part of something.
- (mathematics) A base-60 number.
adjective
- (mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number sixty.
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Examples of "sexagesimal" in Sentences
- That will better match with our well known sexagesimal system.
- Sexagesimal base 60 is a numeral system with sixty as the base.
- The sexagesimal second enters in reams of physical units in SI.
- This second sexagesimal fraction of a day was 24 modern seconds.
- The Mesopotamians also used a sexagesimal system, that is base sixty.
- Any angle was expressed in terms of it following the sexagesimal system.
- It is strange that Ptolemy still used calculations based on sexagesimal.
- Mesopotamian influence is possible in the form of the sexagesimal system.
- He employed a sexagesimal system that was derived from Babylonian mathematics.