| 单词 | sexagesimal |
| 例句 | For one thing the system is sexagesimal—based on the number 60. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z For astronomical purposes the Greeks adopted a sexagesimal number system and even divided hours into 60 minutes, and minutes into 60 seconds. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z That same astronomical thinking led them to patch the ancient Babylonian method of counting by 60, the sexagesimal system, onto the hour. Get Ready For the New, Improved Second 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z The ancient Babylonians used a sexagesimal, or base 60, system. When did humans first learn to count? 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Although the Babylonian system did not indicate orders of magnitude as clearly as modern computers, the similarities are enough for some people to refer to it as sexagesimal floating-point. The Joy of Sexagesimal Floating-Point Arithmetic 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Although it is no longer used for general computation, the sexagesimal system is still used to measure angles, geographic coordinates and time. Why are there 60 minutes in an hour, but only 24 hours in day? 2014-01-19T16:00:00Z We have sixty divisions on the dials of our watches simply because the Greek astronomer Hipparchus, who lived in the second century B.C., accepted the Babylonian system of reckoning time, that system being sexagesimal. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Minutes and seconds derive from the sexagesimal partitions of the degree introduced by Babylonian astronomers. A Chronicle of Timekeeping 2011-12-31T05:15:09.740Z Hypsicles was the first Greek writer who is known to have used sexagesimal fractions,—the degrees, minutes, and seconds of our angle measure. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z Specifically, I was irritated at the strange remarks one of the researchers made about the relative utility of base 60, or sexagesimal, versus the base 10, or decimal, system we use today. The Joy of Sexagesimal Floating-Point Arithmetic 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z The Babylonian system of notation resembled that of the Romans, but by an ingenious application of the sexagesimal system high numbers could be expressed in a very small number of figures. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z The numerical system of the Babylonians was sexagesimal and duodecimal, not decimal, and the year consisted of twelve months, not of ten. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Sumerian math was a sexagesimal system, meaning it was based on the number 60. An Exhibition That Gets to the (Square) Root of Sumerian Math 2010-11-22T22:35:00Z Even the Royal Geographical Society in Victorian England was keen on decimal navigation, and published tables to convert sexagesimal angles and hours into centi-jours and their decimal subdivisions. 2010-01-15T08:50:00Z They only used the sexagesimal form, which would be like us only using decimals instead of writing numbers as fractions. The Joy of Sexagesimal Floating-Point Arithmetic 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z The ordinary notation of the Babylonians was denary, but they also used a sexagesimal scale, i.e. a scale whose base was 60. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The hours were divided into minutes and seconds, a system derived from the sexagesimal notation which prevailed before the decimal system was finally adopted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Across one of the diagonals is scrawled 1,24,51,10 — a sexagesimal number that corresponds to the decimal number 1.41421296. An Exhibition That Gets to the (Square) Root of Sumerian Math 2010-11-22T22:35:00Z We have sixty divisions on the dials of our watches simply because the Greek astronomer Hipparchus, who lived in the second century B. C., accepted the Babylonian system of reckoning time, that system being sexagesimal. Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays Each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds, according to the sexagesimal division of the circle. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The Babylonians adopted 60 for both these purposes, thus giving us the sexagesimal division of angles and of time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" After that the sexagesimal division system is abandoned, and fractions of seconds are estimated in decimals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" They form part of that sexagesimal system of numeration which lay at the root of Babylonian mathematics and was as old as the invention of writing. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs Here we have again the Babylonian sexagesimal system, a system which owes its origin and popularity, I believe, to the fact that sixty has the greatest number of divisors. India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge The unit in the sexagesimal—the number sixty—is assigned to Anu, the chief of the triad, while the other two members, Bel and Ea, follow as fifty and forty respectively. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria The Greeks originally used unit-fractions, like the Egyptians; later they introduced the sexagesimal fractions of the Babylonians, extending the system to four or more successive subdivisions of the unit representing a degree. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Mathematics were based upon a sexagesimal system, sixty, called the soss, being the unit. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs Wherever the sexagesimal system of notation prevailed we may see an evidence of the influence of Babylonian culture. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs |
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