Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sexagesimally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sex-a-ges-i-mal-ly
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In the sexagesimal system.

Example Sentences

"Thus a time like 6:40, if seen purely sexagesimally, might be better interpreted as (6⅔ × sixty), (1/9 × sixty-squared), (2⁴ × 5²), or 400."

Etymology

From sexagesimal + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sexagesimal

Questions

What does sexagesimally mean?: In the sexagesimal system.
Where does sexagesimally come from?: From sexagesimal + -ly.

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