sexagesimal

1. 1.

   of or relating to or reckoning in sixtieths

   “the sexagesimal divisions of hours and degrees”

Questions about sexagesimal

What does sexagesimal mean?

sexagesimal means "of or relating to or reckoning in sixtieths".

How many syllables are in sexagesimal?

sexagesimal has 5 syllables and divides as sex-a-ge-si-mal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is sexagesimal a common word?

sexagesimal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.