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Word	Definition
sesquiquadratenoun	(astronomy) A sesquiquadrate aspect or position; an angle of 135°: (a square [90°] + a semisquare [45°]; abbrv. Ses).
trinenoun	A group of three things.
sextantal	(geometry) Of or relating to a sextant.
hexadecilenoun	(statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into sixteen equally numerous subsets; a subset thus obtained.
sexticnoun	(mathematics) An algebraic equation or function of the sixth degree, e.g. a polynomial of degree 6; a curve surface etc. describing such an equation or function, especially a quantic of the sixth degree.
sextatenoun	(organic chemistry) methylcyclohexyl acetate
sexagenarynoun	(now rare) Synonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old.
bissextilenoun	Synonym of leap year: a year with an intercalary day.
sexagesimal	(mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number sixty.
sextuplenoun	a sixfold amount
sextal	(mathematics, of a number) Having a base of six
sexenary	Proceeding by sixes or in a base of six; sextuple.
sexigesimalnoun	Alternative spelling of sexagesimal. [(mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number sixty.]
subsextuple	Having the ratio of one to six.
sesquialteran	(mathematics, obsolete) Synonym of sesquialterate, in the proportion of 3 to 2 or 1½ to 1.
sextannoun	(obsolete, medicine) A fever that recurs every sixth day.
sesquiduple	(obsolete) Of two and a half times.
sesquialteralnoun	(music) Of or related to sesquialtera, 1½ notes.
octantal	Relating to an octant.
senarynoun	(arithmetic) The numeral system which uses six as the base.