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 fractions or
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.]