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SEXAGESIMAL or Sexagenary Arithmetic, a method of computation proceeding by 60ths. Such is that used in the division of a degree into 60 minutes, of the minute into 60 seconds, of the second into 60 thirds, &c.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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