one sixtieth
/ˌwʌnˈsɪkstiəθ/
noun
- One of sixty equal parts of something; 1/60.
- Only one-sixtieth of the population lives in that remote area.
- A minute is one-sixtieth of an hour.
- The scientist measured a change of one-sixtieth of a degree.
adjective
- Being one of sixty equal parts.
- The recipe uses a one-sixtieth teaspoon of the spice.
- They divided the land into one-sixtieth acre plots.
- The clock's second hand moves in one-sixtieth increments.