Meanings
adverbsexagesimally (not comparable)
- not comparableIn the sexagesimal system.
Thus a time like 6:40, if seen purely sexagesimally, might be better interpreted as (6⅔ × sixty), (1/9 × sixty-squared), (2⁴ × 5²), or 400.
2014 November 24, Michael Thomas De Vlieger, “Multiplication Tables of Various Bases”, in The Number Base, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2023, page 43
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sexagesimally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexagesimally
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“sexagesimally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexagesimally. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sexagesimally,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexagesimally.
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