sixty-four

Thân thiện

A child counts sixty-four colorful marbles on the floor.

Definition

Adjective: - Being four more than sixty; the cardinal number that is the product of eight and eight. It is written as 64 in Arabic numerals.

Usage

• The word "sixty-four" is used as a determiner before a noun or as a predicate adjective to specify a quantity of exactly 64 items, years, units, etc.
• It follows the standard pattern for forming compound numbers between twenty-one and ninety-nine.

Examples

• As a determiner:
  • The classic board game is played on a sixty-four square grid.
  • She collected sixty-four different species of seashells.
• As a predicate adjective:
  • The total number of squares on the chessboard is sixty-four.
  • When you add them all up, the answer is sixty-four.

Advanced Usage

• Mathematics: In computing, "sixty-four" is significant as 64 bits is a common word size for processors (e.g., a 64-bit system).
  • The new software requires a sixty-four-bit operating system.
• Historical/Cultural Reference: "Sixty-four" can refer to the number of hexagrams in the ancient Chinese text, the I Ching.
  • The I Ching is based on a system of sixty-four hexagrams.

Variants and Related Words

• 64 (numeral): The numeric symbol representing the word.
• Sixty-fourth (adjective or noun): The ordinal form, meaning position number 64 in a sequence, or one of 64 equal parts.
  • He finished in sixty-fourth place in the marathon.
  • A sixty-fourth note is a very short musical duration.

Synonyms

• LXIV (adj): The Roman numeral equivalent.

Related Phrases

• Sixty-four-dollar question: An idiomatic phrase (a variant of "sixty-four-thousand-dollar question") referring to a very important or crucial question.
  • The sixty-four-dollar question is whether the new policy will actually work.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. being four more than sixty

Từ đồng nghĩa

• 64
• lxiv