60 (number) - in Other Fields

In Other Fields

Sixty is:

  • In time, the number of seconds in a minute, and the number of minutes in an hour. (a legacy of the Babylonian number system)
  • The number of feet in the standard measurement tool to evaluate an automotive launch on a dragstrip. It's the time that it took to travel the first 60 feet (18 m) of the track.
  • The number of miles per hour an automobile accelerates to from rest (0-60) as one of the standard measurements of performance
  • The total number of years in a Sexagenary cycle
  • 60 Minutes, a CBS investigative television show
  • Sixty Minute Man was a TV show starring Kenny Baumann
  • The number of the European route E60 from Brest, France, to ConstanÅ£a, Romania
  • Municipal Okrug 60, name of Posadsky Municipal Okrug of Petrogradsky District of St. Petersburg, Russia until April 2009
  • A common speed limit, in miles per hour, for freeways in many U.S. states
  • A common speed limit, in kilometers per hour, in urban areas in Russia
  • In years of marriage, the diamond wedding anniversary
  • The maximum number of marbles (game pieces) in Chinese checkers
  • The code for international direct dial calls to Malaysia
  • The highest obtainable level on World of Warcraft (not including the 3 latest expansions)
  • Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was a TV show on NBC (2006-07)
  • Gone in 60 Seconds is a movie starring Nicolas Cage
  • Miss Sixty is a women's apparel brand
  • The total number of cards in the game Rack-O
  • The number of the French department Oise
  • Alpha 60 is a brain-computer in the movie Alphaville directed by Jean-Luc Godard
  • The age for senior citizen in some cultures
  • Number in Earth years between Great Conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn

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