: a sexagesimal fraction
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Peter Schumer, Discover Magazine, 8 June 2018
That same astronomical thinking led them to patch the ancient Babylonian method of counting by 60, the sexagesimal system, onto the hour.
—New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
The ratio which replaces tan would then be b/d or d/b, but neither can be expressed exactly in sexagesimal [base 60].
—Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 25 Aug. 2017
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The ancient Babylonians used a sexagesimal, or base 60, system.
—Peter Schumer, Discover Magazine, 8 June 2018
That same astronomical thinking led them to patch the ancient Babylonian method of counting by 60, the sexagesimal system, onto the hour.
—New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
The ratio which replaces tan would then be b/d or d/b, but neither can be expressed exactly in sexagesimal [base 60].
—Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 25 Aug. 2017
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“Sexagesimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sexagesimal. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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