Sexagenary

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sexagenary \Sex*ag"e*na*ry\, a. [L. sexagenarius, fr. sexageni
     sixty each, akin to sexaginta sixty, sex six: cf.
     sexag['e]naire. See {Six}.]
     Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by
     sixties; sixty years old.
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     {Sexagenary arithmetic}. See under {Sexagesimal}.
  
     {Sexagenary scale}, or {Sexagesimal scale} (Math.), a scale
        of numbers in which the modulus is sixty. It is used in
        treating the divisions of the circle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sexagenary \Sex*ag"e*na*ry\, n.
     1. Something composed of sixty parts or divisions.
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     2. A sexagenarian. --Sir W. Scott.
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