sexagenary (not comparable)
Of or related to the number sixty, particularly:
Containing sixty years.
(now, rare) synonym of sexagenarian: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old.
(math, astronomy, now, rare) synonym of sexagesimal: base-60.
sexagenary (plural sexagenaries)
(math, astronomy, now, rare) synonym of sexagesimal: base-60 numeration.
(now, rare) synonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old.
Source: Wiktionary
Sex*ag"e*na*ry, a. Etym: [L. sexagenarius, fr. sexageni sixty each, akin to sexaginta sixty, sex six: cf. sexagénaire. See Six.]
Definition: Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old. 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.
Sex*ag"e*na*ry, n.
1. Something composed of sixty parts or divisions.
2. A sexagenarian. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 April 2025
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