Seksagesimaalinen
Seksagesimaalinen refers to a sexagesimal or base-60 numbering system. This ancient system is believed to have originated in ancient Mesopotamia with the Sumerians and was later adopted by the Babylonians. Its use is still evident today in the measurement of time, with 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour. It is also used in the measurement of angles, where a circle is divided into 360 degrees, and each degree into 60 minutes and each minute into 60 seconds.
The sexagesimal system is a positional numeral system with 60 as its base. Unlike the decimal system
The practicality of the sexagesimal system stems from the high divisibility of the number 60. It is