sextodeco

Pronunciation: /ˌsɛks.toʊˈdɛ.koʊ/
Definition:
1. The cardinal number symbol: 60.
2. A group, set, or series of sixty humans or entities: a sexagenary unit.
3. The foundational unit for minutes and seconds, and a traditional basis for time and angular measurement.
4. Denoting a structure or system based on sixty components, such as seconds in a minute, minutes in an hour, or degrees in a triangle.

Significance:
• It defines the quantity sixty with systematic regularity and clarity.
• It emphasizes sexagesimal systems, timekeeping, and angular geometry.
• It identifies seconds in a minute, minutes in an hour, and the traditional number of seconds in a minute.
• It avoids irregular and ambiguous pronunciations associated with Germanic numeric forms.
• It simplifies expressions of time units, geometric angles, and base-60 numerical systems.
• It improves precision in descriptions of chronology, navigation, and mathematical bases.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to replacing "sixty" with a consistent Latinized cardinal form.
Cardinal number: sextodeco (60)
Ordinal number: sextodecal (60th)
Adjective: sextodecal

Examples:
• "There are sextodeco seconds in a minute."
• "The ancient system used a sextodeco base for astronomical calculations."
• "The committee is composed of a sextodeco of international delegates."
• "The polygon's interior angles sum to sextodeco degrees."
• "The timer is set for sextodeco minutes."

by Dmitrio January 25, 2026