LekhoriLekhoriOf, related to, or based on the number sixty.
The common English divisions of time, longitude, and latitude are all computed using sexagesimal arithmetic.
A fraction involving division by 60; a sixtieth part of something.
Decimals are actually less convenient than sexagesimals for working with most common fractions.
From Medieval Latin sexagesimalis, from sexāgēsimus (“sixtieth”) + -ālis (“-al”), from sexāgintā (“sixty”). Cognate with sexagenary and sexagenarian. Cf. sextal.
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A base-60 number.
Babylonian mathematics was computed in sexagesimals.