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6️⃣ Number 60th 6️⃣ Number 60 position 🧩 One of sixty parts
sixtieth

sixtieth

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One of sixty equal parts of a whole
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪkstiəθ/
translation icon : sexagésima parte
  • A little more than a sixtieth of an hour.
  • one sixtieth

Examples

  • The movie is exactly one-sixtieth of the length of the epic film that was released last year.

  • An arc second is one-sixtieth of one-sixtieth of a degree in the sky.

    Academic text (1992)

  • An arc second is one-sixtieth of one-sixtieth of a degree in the sky.

    Academic text (1992)

  • India's per capita energy use amounted to a small fraction—the figure is one-sixtieth today—of our own.

    Academic text (1992)

  • He divided the cake into sixty pieces, so each piece is one-sixtieth of the whole.

  • During the race, each lap counted as one-sixtieth of the total distance to be covered.

Synonyms

one-sixtieth
vssixtieth
3.8

One of sixty equal parts of a whole

is the ordinal word form used instead of the fraction phrase

Compounds

one-sixtieth
3.8

One of sixty equal parts of a whole

Surface Forms

sixtieth singular
sixtieths plural

Morphology

sixtieth = sixty (transparent) = sixty + th

Used as a noun meaning 'one of sixty equal parts' but still transparently formed from 'sixty' + ordinal/fractional marker '-th'.

Etymology

Sixtieth is also used for parts and comes from sixty, meaning 'six times ten', plus -th, so it means 'one of sixty parts', as when a minute is one sixtieth of an hour.