sexagesimal : Idioms & Phrases
Sexagesimal , ∨ Sexagenary , arithmetic
- the method of computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties.
Webster 1913
Sexagesimal fractions ∨ numbers
(Arith. & Alg.) , those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, 1⁄60, 1⁄3600, 1⁄216000; called alsoastronomical fractions , because formerly there were no others used in astronomical calculations.
Webster 1913
Sexagesimal scale
(Math.) , the sexagenary scale.
