sexagesimal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to or reckoning in sixtieths
    • the sexagesimal divisions of hours and degrees

WordNet


Sex`a*ges"i*mal adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. sexagésimal.
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.
Sex`a*ges"i*mal noun
Definitions
  1. A sexagesimal fraction.

Webster 1913