单词 | sexagesimal |
释义 | sexagesimal/ˌsɛksəˈdʒɛsɪm(ə)l![]() adjective 1Relating to or reckoning by sixtieths: a decimal system like ours or a sexagesimal system like the Babylonian 2Relating to the number sixty.In ancient Babylon a sexagesimal system, that is a base of 60, was in use....
noun (also sexagesimal fraction) A fraction based on sixtieths (i.e. with a denominator equal to a power of sixty), as in the divisions of the degree and hour.The first deals with integers, the second with proper common fractions, the third with improper fractions, and finally the fourth with sexagesimals....
DerivativessexagesimallyOriginLate 17th century: from Latin sexagesimus 'sixtieth' + -al. |
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