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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

sexagesimal

/sek-suh-jes-uh-muhl/US // ˌsɛk səˈdʒɛs ə məl //UK // (ˌsɛksəˈdʒɛsɪməl) //

小数,小数点后,小写字母,小数点

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to or based upon the number 60.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a fraction whose denominator is 60 or a power of 60.

Examples

  • After that the sexagesimal division system is abandoned, and fractions of seconds are estimated in decimals.

  • Gunter had as early as 1620 given the logarithms of sines and tangents on the sexagesimal scale, as far as seven decimals.

  • Each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds, according to the sexagesimal division of the circle.

  • The Babylonians adopted 60 for both these purposes, thus giving us the sexagesimal division of angles and of time.

  • The trigonometrical results are given for every hundred-thousandth of the quadrant (10″ centesimal or 3″.24 sexagesimal).

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