The ancient Babylonians used a sexagesimal, or base 60, system.—Peter Schumer, Discover Magazine, 8 June 2018 That same astronomical thinking led them to patch the ancient Babylonian method of counting by 60, the sexagesimal system, onto the hour.—New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022 The ratio which replaces tan would then be b/d or d/b, but neither can be expressed exactly in sexagesimal [base 60].—Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 25 Aug. 2017
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