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SIXTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the product of ten and six
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("sixty" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being ten more than fifty
Synonyms:
60; lx; sixty; threescore
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
A dose calculation unit expressed in milliliter(s) per gram per period of time equal to sixty seconds.
(Milliliter per Gram per Minute, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation unit expressed in milliliter(s) per gram per period of time equal to sixty minutes.
(Milliliter per Gram per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)
But ’e’s been on the shelf now for near sixty years, and it cost ’im many a beatin’ before ’e could understand that ’is strength was slippin’ away from ’im.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A dose calculation unit expressed in milligram(s) per gram per period of time equal to sixty seconds.
(Milligram per Gram per Minute, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation unit expressed in milligram(s) per square meter per period of time equal to sixty minutes.
(Milligram per Square Meter per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation expressed in milligram(s) period of time equal to sixty seconds.
(Milligram per Minute, NCI Thesaurus)
His majesty seldom keeps above six hundred horses in his stables: they are generally from fifty-four to sixty feet high.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
A unit of concentration (molarity unit) equal to one millionth of a mole (10E-6 mole) per milligram of a substance per period of time equal to sixty seconds.
(Micromole per Milligram per Minute, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation unit expressed in microgram(s) per kilogram per period of time equal to sixty minutes.
(Microgram per Kilogram per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation unit expressed in microgram(s) per milliliter of solution per period of time equal to sixty minutes.
(Microgram per Milliliter per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)
