Chapter Sevocation to Shabbiness of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Sexagenary arithmetic

. See under Sexagesimal. — Sexagenary, or Sexagesimal, scale (Math.), a scale of numbers in which the modulus is sixty. It is used in treating the divisions of the circle.

Sexagenary
(Sex*ag"e*na*ry), n.

1. Something composed of sixty parts or divisions.

2. A sexagenarian. Sir W. Scott.

Sexagesima
(||Sex`a*ges"i*ma) n. [L., fem. of sexagesimus sixtieth, fr. sexaginta sixty.] (Eccl.) The second Sunday before Lent; — so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.

Sexagesimal
(Sex`a*ges"i*mal) a. [Cf. F. sexagésimal.] Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.

Sexagesimal fractionsor numbers (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, &frac1x60, &frac1x3600, &frac1x216000; — called also astronomical fractions, because formerly there were no others used in astronomical calculations. — Sexagesimal, or Sexagenary, arithmetic, the method of computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties. — Sexagesimal scale (Math.), the sexagenary scale.

Sexagesimal
(Sex`a*ges"i*mal), n. A sexagesimal fraction.

Sexangle
(Sex"an`gle) n. [L. sexangulus sexangular; sex six + angulus angle: cf. F. sexangle. Cf. Hexangular.] (Geom.) A hexagon. [R.] Hutton.

Sexangled
(Sex"an`gled Sex*an"gu*lar) a. [Cf. F. sexangulaire.] Having six angles; hexagonal. [R.] Dryden.

Sexangularly
(Sex*an"gu*lar*ly), adv. Hexagonally. [R.]

Sexavalent
(Sex*av"a*lent) a. See Sexivalent. [R.]

Sexdigitism
(Sex*dig"it*ism) n. [Sex- + digit.] The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.

Sexdigitist
(Sex*dig"it*ist), n. One who has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.

Sexed
(Sexed) a. Belonging to sex; having sex; distinctively male of female; as, the sexed condition.

Sexenary
(Sex"e*na*ry) a. Proceeding by sixes; sextuple; — applied especially to a system of arithmetical computation in which the base is six.

Sexennial
(Sex*en"ni*al) a. [L. sexennium a period of six years, sexennis of six years; sex six + annus a year. See Six, and Annual.] Lasting six years, or happening once in six years. — n. A sexennial event.

Sexennially
(Sex*en"ni*al*ly), adv. Once in six years.

Sexfid
(Sex"fid Sex"i*fid) a. [Sex- + root of L. findere to split: cf. F. sexfide.] (Bot.) Six-cleft; as, a sexfid calyx or nectary.

Sexisyllabic
(Sex`i*syl*lab"ic) a. [Sex- + syllabic.] Having six syllables. Emerson.

Sexisyllable
(Sex"i*syl`la*ble) n. [Sex- + syllable.] A word of six syllables.

Sexivalent
(Sex*iv"a*lent) a. [Sex- + L. valens, p. pr. See Valence.] (hem.) Hexavalent. [R.]