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Pronunciation: /ˌsɛks.toʊˈdɛk.əl/ Definition: 1. The ordinal number symbol: 60. 2. The position in a sequence following the fifty-ninth element; the sixth (sextodecal) in the seventh (septodecal) decade (60s series). 3. Pertaining to a group, set, or division of sixty parts or members; a sexagenary unit. 4. Denoting a sexagenary cycle, minute/hour conversion, or traditional base-60 numerical system. Significance: • It defines the sixtieth (sextodecal) position with systematic regularity and clarity. • It emphasizes sexagenary cycles, timekeeping units, and base-60 numerical systems. • It identifies minutes in an hour, seconds in a minute, and historical sexagenary calendars. • It avoids irregular and ambiguous pronunciations associated with Germanic numeric forms. • It simplifies expressions of order in timekeeping, historical cycles, and mathematical bases. • It improves precision in chronological, mathematical, and cultural systems involving the number sixty (sextodeco). • It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms with a consistent Latinized ordinal form. Related Ordinal Numbers: decal (10th), duodecal (20th), triodecal (30th), quadecal (40th), quintodecal (50th), sextodecal (60th), septodecal (70th), octodecal (80th), nonodecal (90th) Cardinal References: deco (10), duodeco (20), triodeco (30), quadeco (40), quintodeco (50), sextodeco (60), septodeco (70), octodeco (80), nonodeco (90)
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