sexagesimal
/sek-suh-jes-uh-muhl/US // ˌsɛk səˈdʒɛs ə məl //UK // (ˌsɛksəˈdʒɛsɪməl) //
小数,小数点后,小写字母,小数点
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : pertaining to or based upon the number 60.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a fraction whose denominator is 60 or a power of 60.
Examples
After that the sexagesimal division system is abandoned, and fractions of seconds are estimated in decimals.
Gunter had as early as 1620 given the logarithms of sines and tangents on the sexagesimal scale, as far as seven decimals.
Each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds, according to the sexagesimal division of the circle.
The Babylonians adopted 60 for both these purposes, thus giving us the sexagesimal division of angles and of time.
The trigonometrical results are given for every hundred-thousandth of the quadrant (10″ centesimal or 3″.24 sexagesimal).
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