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onesixtieth

One-sixtieth is the fraction 1/60. It is a unit fraction and is in lowest terms. Its decimal expansion is 0.016666... and as a percentage it is about 1.666... percent.

One-sixtieth represents one part in sixty equal parts. It occurs in the sexagesimal system, historically used

Etymology and usage: the term is formed from one plus the ordinal sixtieth, the latter being the

by
the
Babylonians
and
still
seen
in
modern
timekeeping:
there
are
60
seconds
in
a
minute
and
60
minutes
in
an
hour.
Consequently,
one-sixtieth
of
an
hour
equals
one
minute.
In
circular
measure,
one-sixtieth
of
a
circle
is
6
degrees;
one
degree
consists
of
60
minutes
of
arc,
and
one
arcminute
is
one-sixtieth
of
a
degree.
form
that
denotes
the
60th
part.
In
English
it
is
usually
written
with
a
hyphen
as
one-sixtieth,
though
the
fraction
1/60
is
also
common.
The
expression
appears
mainly
in
mathematical,
scientific,
or
educational
contexts
to
describe
a
specific
portion
of
a
whole.