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† ˈsexagesm Math. Obs. [ad. mod.L. sexāgēsima (sc. pars), fem. of L. sexāgēsimus, ordinal of sexāgintā sixty.] A sexagesimal fraction. Also, the sixtieth part of a degree, a minute.
1570[see sexagene]. 1635Gellibrand Variation Magn. Needle 13 The differ. is 110008 MZB..which converted into sexagesmes is 11 gr. 0 min., 0 Sec. [1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 233 To turn Sexagenae into Integers, or Decimals into Sexagesimae, multiply continually by 6, every time removing the Separatrix one place.] 1685Wallis Alg. vii. 18 For 1/7, (because this cannot be exactly expressed in Sexagesms) they would put 8′. 1734Phil. Trans. XXXVIII. 470 The Declination of all needles (especially if touched by different Magnets) is different a few Sexagesms. |