different between senary vs sexagesimal

English

Etymology

From the Latin s?n?rius (“consisting of six each”), from s?n? (“six each, six at a time”) + -?rius (whence the English suffix -ary).

Adjective

senary (not comparable)

1. Of sixth rank or order.
   • 2001, Manish K. Gupta, David G. Glynn, and T. Aaron Gulliver, On Senary Simplex Codes, in Applied Algebra, Algebraic Algorithms and Error-Correcting Codes: proceedings of 14th International Symposium, Serdar Bozta?, Igor E. Shparlinski (eds.), page 112

     In particular, one can construct mixed binary/ternary codes via senary codes by applying the Chinese Gray map (see Example 1).

2. (arithmetic) Of, pertaining to, or based on six.

   The senary fraction 0.2 is one-third, i.e. two-sixths.

Translations

Noun

senary (uncountable)

1. (arithmetic) The numeral system which uses six as the base.

Translations

See also

• nullary (0)
• unary (1)
• binary (2)
• ternary (3)
• quaternary (4)
• quinary (5)
• septenary (7)
• octonary (8)
• novenary (9)
• denary (10)
• undenary (11)
• duodenary (12)
• vigenary (20)
• Appendix:English arities and adicities

Anagrams

• Arneys, Nearys, Neyras, Raneys, arynes, renays, sarney, yarnes, yearns

English

Etymology

From Latin sexagesimalis, from sexagesimus (“sixtieth”), from sexaginta (“sixty”).

Adjective

sexagesimal (not comparable)

1. (arithmetic) Of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or based on the number sixty.

Translations

Noun

sexagesimal (plural sexagesimals)

1. A sexagesimal fraction.

German

Etymology

From Latin sexagesimalis, from sexagesimus (“sixtieth”), from sexaginta (“sixty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?z?ksa?ezi?ma?l]
• Hyphenation: se?xa?ge?si?mal

Adjective

sexagesimal (not comparable)

1. sexagesimal, based on the number sixty

Declension

Synonyms

• hexagesimal
• auf die Grundzahl 60 bezogen (descriptive):

Related terms

• Sexagesimalbruch, Sexagesimalstelle, Sexagesimalsystem, Sexagesimalzahl

Further reading

• “sexagesimal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “sexagesimal” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French sexagésimal.

Adjective

sexagesimal m or n (feminine singular sexagesimal?, masculine plural sexagesimali, feminine and neuter plural sexagesimale)

1. sexagesimal

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

sexagesimal (plural sexagesimales)

1. sexagesimal