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Sexagenary

Adjective
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Definitions

1.AdjectiveOf or related to the number sixty, particularly:
"The sexagenary cycle is formed by combining the twelve earthly branches representing the years of Jupiter's orbital cycle and the ten heavenly stems of the Shang-era week, stopping halfway through to reflect the pairing of yin and yang terms."
2.AdjectiveContaining sixty years.
"The sexagenary cycle is formed by combining the twelve earthly branches representing the years of Jupiter's orbital cycle and the ten heavenly stems of the Shang-era week, stopping halfway through to reflect the pairing of yin and yang terms."
3.AdjectiveSynonym of sexagenarian: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old.
4.AdjectiveSynonym of sexagesimal: base-60.
5.NounSynonym of sexagesimal: base-60 numeration.
6.NounSynonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old.

Synonyms

sexagesimalsexagenalsexcentenarysexigesimalseptuagenaryoctogenarysextatenonagenarysexennialtrecentosexagesimalsixtyishsextal
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