sexagesm

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

sexagesm (plural sexagesms)

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

References

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

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