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Sextodecimos :: Sextodecimos (pl. ) of Sextodecim.

Sextodecimo :: Sextodecimo (n.) A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 16mo, or 16¡..

Sextillion :: Sextillion (n.) According to the method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the English method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See Numeration..

Sexenary :: Sexenary (a.) Proceeding by sixes; sextuple; -- applied especially to a system of arithmetical computation in which the base is six.

Sextoness :: Sextoness (n.) A female sexton; a sexton's wife.

Sextary :: Sextary (n.) A sacristy.

February :: February (n.) The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days..

Sextos :: Sextos (pl. ) of Sext.

Sextolet :: Sextolet (n.) A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.

Sextans :: Sextans (n.) A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as..

Radius :: Radius (n.) The movable limb of a sextant or other angular instrument.

Sexto :: Sexto (n.) A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into six leaves.

Divide :: Divide (v. t.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant..

Sextic :: Sextic (a.) Of the sixth degree or order.

Sacristan :: Sacristan (n.) An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton..

Macrometer :: Macrometer (n.) An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.

Sext :: Sext (n.) The sixth book of the decretals, added by Pope Boniface VIII..

Bissextile :: Bissextile (a.) Pertaining to leap year.

Leap Year :: Leap year () Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See Bissextile..

Sextonship :: Sextonship (n.) The office of a sexton.

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