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Webster 1913 Edition
Sexagenary
Sex-ag′e-na-ry
,Adj.
[L.
sexagenarius
, fr. sexageni
sixty each, akin to sexaginta
sixty, sex
six: cf. sexagénaire
. See Six
.] Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old.
Sexagenary arithmetic
. See under
– Sexagesimal
. Sexagenary scale
, or
Sexagesimal scale
(Math.)
, a scale of numbers in which the modulus is sixty. It is used in treating the divisions of the circle.
Sex-ag′e-na-ry
,Noun.
1.
Something composed of sixty parts or divisions.
2.
A sexagenarian.
Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sexagenary
SEX'AGENARY
,Adj.
Definition 2024
sexagenary
sexagenary
English
Adjective
sexagenary (not comparable)
- Of or related to the number sixty, particularly:
- Containing sixty years.
- The sexagenary cycle is formed by combining the twelve earthly branches representing the years of Jupiter's orbital cycle and the ten heavenly stems of the Shang-era week, stopping halfway through to reflect the pairing of yin and yang terms.
- (now rare) Synonym of sexagenarian: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old.
- (mathematics, astronomy, now rare) Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60.
- Containing sixty years.
Noun
sexagenary (plural sexagenaries)
- (mathematics, astronomy, now rare) Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60 numeration.
- (now rare) Synonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old.