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sexagesimally

sexagesimally adverb: in the sexagesimal system.

Adverb

sexagesimally (not comparable)

  1. In 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

Origin of sexagesimally

From sexagesimal + -ly.

Questions about sexagesimally

What does sexagesimally mean?
Sexagesimally means in the sexagesimal system.
What part of speech is sexagesimally?
Sexagesimally is an adverb.

Words near sexagesimally in the dictionary

  1. sexagenes
  2. Sexagesima
  3. Sexagesima Sunday
  4. Sexagesima Sundays
  5. sexagesimal
  6. sexagesimally
  7. sexagesimals
  8. sexagesimo-quarto
  9. sexagesimo-quartos
  10. sexagesm
  11. sexagesms

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