sexenaryadj.
/sɛkˈsiːn(ə)ri/, /sɛkˈsɛn(ə)ri/, /ˈsɛksᵻn(ə)ri/, U.S. /sɛkˈsɛn(ə)ri/, /ˈsɛksəˌnɛri/ = senary adj.; (also) forming or composed of a group or set of six; sextuple.
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1815 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. Sexenary or Sextuple Scale of Notation.
1851 F. J. B. Hooper Palmoni Appendix 676 From the months of 28 and 30 days have been derived respectively the septenary and sexenary scales.
1897 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 36 192 We find that in relation to all things..the sexenary division is duplicated.
1961 tr. in A. A. Litvakovskiĭ Fused Cast Refractories 68 Where all ions A13+ have a sexenary coordination, density, index of refraction and chemical resistance to acids of the latter.
2000 M. B. Jansen Making Mod. Japan 140 The timing of these movements was loosely related to the sexenary zodiacal cycle of the Chinese calendar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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