"Sexagesima" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
The term "sexagesima" refers to something that pertains to sixty. In a musical context, it can also denote the third Sunday before Lent in the Christian liturgical calendar.
The term "sewerage" refers to a system of pipes and infrastructure that carries waste and wastewater away from buildings and communities to a treatment or disposal site, such as a sewage treatment plant. It is a crucial component of modern urban infrastructure, providing a vital service in maintaining public health and hygiene by removing wastewater and preventing the spread of diseases.
A network of underground drains and pipes that carry waste and wastewater away from a city, town, or urban area.
A 60-year cycle in the Chinese calendar, used for dating and reckoning time. It divides each year into one of 10 Heavenly Stems and one of 12 Earthly Branches. The cycle starts from the year 2637 BC and repeats every 60 years. <br><br>The sexagenary cycle is used to date years, but it does not indicate the number of years since a preceding year. It also has 12 animals and 12 symbols which together create combinations to denote the years. The twelve animal symbols include rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. Likewise, the 10 symbols which denote the Heavenly Stems include and, , and so on.
Sexagesimal refers to a numeral system based on 60 as the base number. It uses 60 as the base number for counting, similar to how the decimal system is based on 10. This means that each place in a sexagesimal number has 60 possible values, with 0, 1, 2, 3, and so on through 59 as the possible digits in one place.
Sexed refers to something related to or characterized by sex, often specifically referring to biological sex, especially male or female characteristics.<br><br>It can also be an adjective meaning subjected to or experienced sexually perverse or transgressive sex, especially traumatic or exploitative.