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Sixty
/ˈsɪkstɪ/
The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.
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The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cardinalnoun | Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position. |
| lxnoun | Ethernet mode LX transmission (laser fibre optic) |
| threescorenoun | (archaic) Sixty (60). |
| 60 | (sixty) the natural number following 59 and preceding 61. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cardinalnoun | Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position. |
| lxnoun | Ethernet mode LX transmission (laser fibre optic) |
| threescorenoun | (archaic) Sixty (60). |
| 160 | Year 160 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. |
| 1960snoun | The decade beginning in 1960 and ending in 1969. |
| 60th | Abbreviation of sixtieth. [The ordinal form of the number sixty.] |
| cetinnoun | The white, waxy constituent of spermaceti. |
| fifteennoun | (Ireland, mostly in plural) An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut. |
| seventynoun | The translators of the Septuagint |
| sixnoun | The digit or figure 6. |
| sixteennoun | the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one |
| sixty-onenoun | (US, New York, informal) A police officer's report detailing a crime reported by a civilian. |
| sixty-secondnoun | Lasting sixty seconds. |
| sixty-six | being six more than sixty |
| sixty-three | being three more than sixty |
| soixantenoun | — |
| steinnoun | A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass. |
| thirtynoun | (broadcasting) A commercial lasting 30 seconds. |
| three score | — |
| sexagenarynoun | Of or related to the number sixty, particularly: |
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