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sexagesimal
English
Etymology
From Latin sexagesimalis, from sexagesimus (“sixtieth”), from sexaginta (“sixty”).
Adjective
sexagesimal (not comparable)
- (arithmetic) Of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or based on the number sixty.
Translations
Noun
sexagesimal (plural sexagesimals)
- 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)
- 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)
- sexagesimal
Declension
Spanish
Adjective
sexagesimal (plural sexagesimales)
- sexagesimal
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tierce
English
Etymology
From Old French tierce, from Latin tertia.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?t??s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??s/ (card)
Noun
tierce (plural tierces)
- (obsolete) A third.
- (religion, Roman Catholicism) Synonym of terce: the third canonical hour or its service.
- (now historical) A measure of capacity equal to a third of a pipe, or a cask or other vessel holding such a quantity; a cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which wine or salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 6:
- He then gave me a large piece of silver coin, such as I never had seen or had before, and told me to get ready for the voyage, and he would credit me with a tierce of sugar, and another of rum […] .
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 22:
- Have an eye to the molasses tierce, Mr. Stubb; it was a little leaky, I thought.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205:
- Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 6:
- (music) The third tone of the scale. See mediant.
- (card games) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.
- (fencing) The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- [W]e behold two men with lion-look, with alert attitude, side foremost, right foot advanced; flourishing and thrusting, stoccado and passado, in tierce and quart; intent to skewer one another.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- (heraldry) An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag.
- (obsolete) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. (Also known as a third.)
Translations
Anagrams
- cerite, receit, recite
French
Etymology
From Old French tierce, tiers, from Latin tertia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tj??s/
Adjective
tierce
- feminine singular of tiers
Noun
tierce f (plural tierces)
- (music) third
- terce
Further reading
- “tierce” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- écrite, étréci, récite, récité
Old French
Adjective
tierce m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tierce)
- Alternative form of tiers
Usage notes
- Unlike Modern French tierce, it is attested with masculine nouns as well as feminine ones.
tierce From the web:
- = 158.987295 liters
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