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(), a.[Cf. F. sexagsimal.] Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty. Sexagesimal fractions or numbers (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, 1/60, 1/3600, &frac1x216000;; -- called also astronomical fractions, because formerly there were no others used in astronomical calculations. Sexagesimal, or Sexagenary, arithmetic, the method of computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties. Sexagesimal scale (Math.), the sexagenary scale. Sex°ages"imal n.A sexagesimal fraction. スポンサード リンク
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