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sexagesimally en · ADV

Etymology

From sexagesimal + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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: