sexcentenary (seksentenari)

and n. [ of six hundred. Bernoulli's Sexcentenary Table. Philosophical Mag . , XXV. 2d p. of cover. Oxford was represented at the sexcentenary festival of the University of Montpellier. The Academy , May 31, 1890, p. 371. II. n.; pl. sexcentenaries (-riz). 1. That which consists of or comprehends six hundred (commonly the space of six hundred years).-2. A six-hundredth anniversary. sextant or divided (whether for ornament or in construction) into six parts, as a vault, an arch head, or any other structure, etc. The arrangement and forms of the piers [of Senlis cat he dral] indicate that the original vaults were sexpartite. C. H. Moore, Gothic Architecture, p. 38. sex radiate (seks-rā'di-āt), a. [ Growth in three directions along three rectangular axes produces the primitive sex radiate spicule of the Hexactinellid a. Encyc . Brit ., XXII. 416.