Definitions For Sexagenary

Noun

{{en-noun, sexagenaries}} (math, astronomy, now, rare) {{synonym of, en, sexagesimal, nodot=a}}: base-60 numeration. (now, rare) {{synonym of, en, sexagenarian, nodot=a}}: a sixty-year-old.

Adjective

(not comparable) Of or related to the number sixty, particularly: contain, containing sixty years. : The w:chinese sexagenary cycle, 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. (now, rare) {{synonym of, en, sexagenarian, nodot=a}}: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old. (math, astronomy, now, rare) {{synonym of, en, sexagesimal, nodot=a}}: base-60.

Etymology

From {{etyl, fr, en}} sexagénaire, from {{etyl, la, en}} sexāgēnārius, , the adjectival form of sixty; sixty years old; a sixty-year-old