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Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old.

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  1. a. Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old.
  2. n. Something composed of sixty parts or divisions.
  3. n. A sexagenarian.
  4. 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. 1. Something composed of sixty parts or divisions. 2. A sexagenarian. Sir W. Scott.
  5. Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding bysixties; sixty years old. Sexagenary arithmetic. See underSexagesimal.-- Sexagenary, or Sexagesimal, scale (Math.), a scale of numbers inwhich the modulus is sixty. It is used in treating the divisions ofthe circle.
  6. a. Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old. n. Something composed of sixty parts or divisions. n. A sexagenarian.