Decimal vs. Sexagesimal — What's the Difference?

The decimal numeral system (also called the base-ten positional numeral system, and occasionally called denary or decanary) is the standard system for denoting integer and non-integer numbers. It is the extension to non-integer numbers of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system.

Sexagesimal, also known as base 60 or sexagenary, is a numeral system with sixty as its base. It originated with the ancient Sumerians in the 3rd millennium BC, was passed down to the ancient Babylonians, and is still used—in a modified form—for measuring time, angles, and geographic coordinates.

A linear array of digits that contains a single period, called the decimal point, is possibly preceded by a minus sign (-), and represents a real number, with each successive digit to the right of the decimal point indicating a multiple of the next negative power of 10, and each successive digit to the left of the decimal point indicating a multiple of the next non-negative power of ten, beginning with 100 = 1. For example, 245.3 represents the real number (2 × 102) + (4 × 101) + (5 × 100) + (3 × 10-1) = 200 + 40 + 5 + 3/10 , and -1.04 represents the real number (-1 × 100) + (-4 × 10-2). Also called mixed decimal.

Of, relating to, or based on the number 60.

Such an array of digits in which there are no nonzero digits to the left of the decimal point, representing a real number between -1 and 1. Also called decimal fraction.

(math) Of, related to, or based on the number sixty.

A number written using the base 10.

(math) A fraction involving division by 60; a sixtieth part of something.

Expressed or expressible as a decimal.

(math) A base-60 number.

Based on 10.

Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.

Numbered or ordered by groups of 10.

A sexagesimal fraction.

(countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.

Of or relating to or reckoning in sixtieths;

The decimal system itself.

(informal) A decimal place.

(informal) A decimal point.

Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.

To represent with numbers after a decimal point.

Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.

A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.

A proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10

A number in the decimal system

Numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten;

Divided by tens or hundreds;