sexagenary

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Adjective, Noun

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sexagenary, a. [L. sexagenarius, fr. sexageni sixty each, akin to sexaginta sixty, sex six: cf. sexagénaire. See Six.].

Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old. [1913 Webster]

Sexagenary arithmetic. See under Sexagesimal. -- Sexagenary scale, or Sexagesimal scale (Math.), a scale of numbers in which the modulus is sixty. It is used in treating the divisions of the circle.

sexagenary, n.

Something composed of sixty parts or divisions. [1913 Webster]
A sexagenarian. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

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sexagenary

Quinquesection

N quinquesection, &c, division by five, quinquesection, decimation, fifth, quinquefid, quinquelateral, quinquepartite, quinqevalent, pentavalent, quinquarticular, octifid, decimal, tenth, tithe, duodecimal, twelfth, sexagesimal, sexagenary, hundredth, centesimal, millesimal.