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sexagesimal definition

sexa·gesi·mal (-jes′i məl)

adjective

of or based on the number sixty

Etymology: ML sexagesimalis < L sexagesimus, sixtieth < sexaginta, sixty

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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