| 单词 | sexagesimal fraction |
| 释义 | > as lemmassexagesimal fraction sexagesimal fraction n. a fraction whose denominator is 60 or a power of 60. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > fraction > [noun] > sexagesimal sexagesimal1647 sexagenary1668 sexagesimal fraction?1683 ?1683 Proposal printing Treat. Algebra by J. Wallis (R. Davis, Printer) 1 The Sexagesimal Fractions (introduced it seems by Ptolomy) did but imperfectly supply the want of such a Method of Numeral Figures. 1749 S. Lowe Arithm. in Two Parts 72 Thus it is..that Sexagesimal fractions..are reduc'd to decimal. 1858 Catal. MSS. Univ. Libr. Cambr. III. 61 A table of the square roots of numbers from 1 to 102, calculated to three places of sexagesimal fractions. 1998 D. Bellos et al. tr. G. Ifrah Universal Hist. Numbers (2000) I. xiii. 299 The double oblique wedge or chevron in initial position also allowed Babylonian astronomers to represent sexagesimal fractions unambiguously. < as lemmas |
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