sexagesimal : Idioms & Phrases


Sexagesimal, ∨ Sexagenary, arithmetic

  • the method of computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties.
Webster 1913

Sexagesimal fractionsnumbers

  • (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, 160, 13600, 1216000; called also astronomical fractions, because formerly there were no others used in astronomical calculations.
Webster 1913

Sexagesimal scale

  • (Math.), the sexagenary scale.
Webster 1913