# sexagesimal
## English
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin sexagesimalis, from sexāgēsimus (“sixtieth”) + -ālis (“-al”), from sexāgintā (“sixty”). Cognate with sexagenary and sexagenarian. Cf. sextal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌsɛk.səˈdʒɛ.sɪ.məl/
* Hyphenation: sexa‧ge‧si‧mal

### Adjective

sexagesimal (not comparable)
* (mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number sixty.
    Coordinate terms: decimal, quadragesimal
    The common English divisions of time, longitude, and latitude are all computed using sexagesimal arithmetic.
** 2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, Penguin (2023), page 325:She then supplied a detailed description of the Babylonians, who had relied on a sexagesimal system―counting by sixties, she explained―for both mathematics and astronomy.

#### Synonyms

* sexagenary, base-60

#### Translations
### Noun

sexagesimal (plural sexagesimals)
* (mathematics) A fraction involving division by 60; a sixtieth part of something.
    Decimals are actually less convenient than sexagesimals for working with most common fractions.
* (mathematics) A base-60 number.
    Babylonian mathematics was computed in sexagesimals.

#### Synonyms

* sexagesm (obsolete)

### References

* “sexagesimal, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.

## German
### Etymology

From Latin sexagesimalis, from sexagesimus (“sixtieth”), from sexaginta (“sixty”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˌzɛksaɡeziˈmaːl]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: se‧xa‧ge‧si‧mal

### Adjective

sexagesimal (strong nominative masculine singular sexagesimaler, not comparable)
* sexagesimal, based on the number sixty
    Synonym: hexagesimal

#### Synonyms

* auf die Grundzahl 60 bezogen (descriptive):

#### Related terms

* Sexagesimalbruch, Sexagesimalstelle, Sexagesimalsystem, Sexagesimalzahl

### Further reading

* “sexagesimal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “sexagesimal” in Duden online

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /sek.sa.ʒe.ziˈmaw/ [sek.sa.ʒe.ziˈmaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨ.ksɐ.ʒɨ.ziˈmal/ [sɨ.ksɐ.ʒɨ.ziˈmaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨ.ksɐ.ʒɨ.ziˈmal/ [sɨ.ksɐ.ʒɨ.ziˈmaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɨ.ksɐ.ʒɨ.ziˈma.li/

### Adjective

sexagesimal m or f (plural sexagesimais)
* sexagesimal

### Further reading

* “sexagesimal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French sexagésimal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sek.sa.d͡ʒe.siˈmal/
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: se‧xa‧ge‧si‧mal

### Adjective

sexagesimal m or n (feminine singular sexagesimală, masculine plural sexagesimali, feminine and neuter plural sexagesimale)
* sexagesimal

#### Declension
### Further reading

* sexagesimal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seɡsaxesiˈmal/ [seɣ̞.sa.xe.siˈmal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: se‧xa‧ge‧si‧mal

### Adjective

sexagesimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural sexagesimales)
* sexagesimal

### Further reading

* “sexagesimal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10