A sexagesimal system was used in Babylonia. Therefore an hour has sixty minutes and a day has twenty-four hours.
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Sexagesimal
//ˌsɛk.səˈdʒɛ.sɪ.məl//
Synonyms for "sexagesimal" (3 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 17 languages.
Basque
1 entries- hirurogeitar adj (related to the number sixty)
Bulgarian
1 entries- шестдесети adj (related to the number sixty)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 六十進制 /六十进制 adj (related to the number sixty)
Dutch
2 entries- sexagesimaal adj (related to the number sixty)
- zestigtallig adj (related to the number sixty)
Finnish
1 entries- 60-kantainen (kuusikymmenkantainen) adj (related to the number sixty)
French
1 entries- sexagésimal adj (related to the number sixty)
German
1 entries- sexagesimal adj (related to the number sixty)
Hindi
1 entries- षष्टाधारी adj (related to the number sixty)
Italian
1 entries- sessagesimale adj (related to the number sixty)
Japanese
1 entries- 六十進法 adj (related to the number sixty)
Korean
1 entries- 육십진법 adj (related to the number sixty)
Polish
1 entries- sześćdziesiątkowy adj (related to the number sixty)
Portuguese
1 entries- sexagesimal adj (related to the number sixty)
Russian
1 entries- шестидесятеричный adj (related to the number sixty)
Spanish
1 entries- sexagesimal adj (related to the number sixty)
Swedish
1 entries- sexagesimal adj (related to the number sixty)
Turkish
2 entries- altmışlı adj (related to the number sixty)
- altmışlık adj (related to the number sixty)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The common English divisions of time, longitude, and latitude are all computed using sexagesimal arithmetic.
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The first sixty argam form the basis for my own sexagesimal use, in the accounting of my business and in the dimensioning of buildings.
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She then supplied a detailed description of the Babylonians, who had relied on a sexagesimal system―counting by sixties, she explained―for both mathematics and astronomy.
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