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60
Curated entry for 60.
Numerological root
6+0=6
6
— the harmoniser
readings
Cultural — the named echo
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Sexagesimal
Base-60. Babylonian, ~2000 BCE. Survives in seconds per minute, minutes per hour, and degrees per right angle.
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Sixty Minutes
CBS newsmagazine, on the air since 1968. The ticking stopwatch is its sting.
Major — the phonetic cipher
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issues, choose, shows, shoes, choice, watches
consonant skeleton sh·ch·j·s·z — 20 candidates in the dictionary
Math — the property
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Highly composite
60 has twelve divisors. Smaller than any of its near neighbours.