sexagesm

English

Etymology

From Latin sexāgēsima (“sixtieth”), either directly or via French.

Noun

sexagesm (plural sexagesms)

1. (mathematics, obsolete) Synonym of sexagesimal: a sixtieth part of something.
2. (mathematics, obsolete) Synonym of minute: a sixtieth of a degree of arc.

References

• “† sexagesm, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.