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Numbers \Num"bers\, n.
pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch,
containing the census of the Hebrews.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Sexagesimal \Sex`a*ges"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. sexag['e]simal.]
Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.
Sexagesimal fractions or numbers (Arith. & Alg.), those
fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as,
1/60, 1/3600, 1/216000; -- called also astronomical
fractions, because formerly there were no others used in
astronomical calculations.
Sexagesimal, or Sexagenary, arithmetic, the method of
computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties.
Sexagesimal scale (Math.), the sexagenary scale.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Commensurable \Com*men"su*ra*ble\, a. [L. commensurabilis; pref.
com- + mensurable. See Commensurate, and cf.
Commeasurable.]
Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by
the same number, quantity, or measure. --
Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n.
Commensurable numbers or quantities (Math.), those that
can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot
and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in
terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36
inches.
Numbers, or Quantities, commensurable in power, those
whose squares are commensurable.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
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