† sexagecupleadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sexagecuplus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin sexagecuplus (10th cent., 1620 in British sources; a1536 in a continental source) < sexag- (in classical Latin sexāgintā sixty: see sexagenary adj.) + -ecuplus (in decuplus decuple adj.). Compare earlier sedecuple n., sexcuple v., etc.

Mathematics. Obsolete. rare.

Involving a ratio of 60 to 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > sixty > proceeding by sixties

sexagenary1594

sexagesimal1647

sexagecuple1708

sexagenal1876

1708 G. Vaux tr. J. C. Sturm Mathesis Juvenilis III. 137 The Proportion is the same..of the Degrees to the Minutes, and of the Minutes to the Seconds, &c. viz. every-where a Sexagecuple Proportion [L. sexagecupla proportio].

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Minute The Divisions of Degrees are Fractions, whose Denominators increase in a Sexagecuple Ratio.

1851 Encycl. Americana XI. 339/1 Sexagesimals, or Sexagesimal Fractions, fractions whose denominators proceed in a sexagecuple ratio.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sexagecuple
释义	† sexagecupleadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sexagecuplus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin sexagecuplus (10th cent., 1620 in British sources; a1536 in a continental source) < sexag- (in classical Latin sexāgintā sixty: see sexagenary adj.) + -ecuplus (in decuplus decuple adj.). Compare earlier sedecuple n., sexcuple v., etc. Mathematics. Obsolete. rare. Involving a ratio of 60 to 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > sixty > proceeding by sixties sexagenary1594 sexagesimal1647 sexagecuple1708 sexagenal1876 1708 G. Vaux tr. J. C. Sturm Mathesis Juvenilis III. 137 The Proportion is the same..of the Degrees to the Minutes, and of the Minutes to the Seconds, &c. viz. every-where a Sexagecuple Proportion [L. sexagecupla proportio]. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Minute The Divisions of Degrees are Fractions, whose Denominators increase in a Sexagecuple Ratio. 1851 Encycl. Americana XI. 339/1 Sexagesimals, or Sexagesimal Fractions, fractions whose denominators proceed in a sexagecuple ratio. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1708
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