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六十進法 (rokujisshinhou) Japanese meaning: sexagesimal | Kotomora

六ろく十じっ進しん法ほう

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Meanings

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sexagesimal; base 60

Mathematical term for the base-60 numeral system, as used in ancient Mesopotamia and still in time and angle measurement.

バビロニア人じんは六ろく十じっ進しん法ほうを使つかって計

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The Babylonians used the sexagesimal system for calculations.

時じ間かんの単たん位いは六ろく十じっ進しん法ほうに基もとづいている。

Units of time are based on the sexagesimal system.

Kanji

六six
十ten
進advance, proceed, progress
法method, law, rule

Related words

十じっ進しん法ほう
十進法 is the decimal (base-10) system, while 六十進法 is the sexagesimal (base-60) system.
二に進しん法ほう
二進法 is the binary (base-2) system, used in computing, whereas 六十進法 is a base-60 system.

Etymology

Compound of 六十 (sixty) + 進法 (numeral system). The term is a straightforward description of the base-60 system.