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sixtieth

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1. sixtieth - Noun

2. sixtieth - Adjective

3. sixtieth - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Next in order after the fifty-ninth.

Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided.

The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.

The next in order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the fiftieth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A minim is always a sixtieth part of a fluidrachm regardless of the character of the substance, while a drop varies from a forty-fifth to a two-hundred-and-fiftieth part, according to the surface tension of the fluid." Source: Internet

On 26 July 2012, to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of Evita's death, notes were issued in a value of 100 pesos. Source: Internet

In an article commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the character, The Guardian wrote, "Batman is a figure blurred by the endless reinvention that is modern mass culture. Source: Internet

A second of arc, one sixtieth of this amount, is about 100 feet or roughly 30 meters. Source: Internet

He wrote another historical drama in 1908 after the Royal Theatre convinced him to put on a new play for its sixtieth birthday. Source: Internet

Historically, it was defined as one sixtieth of the distance between two parallels of latitude separated by one degree. Source: Internet

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