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The phrase "a sixtieth of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to one part of a total that is divided into sixty equal parts, often in mathematical or fractional contexts.
Example: "If you divide the cake into sixty equal slices, each slice will be a sixtieth of the whole cake."
Alternatives: "one-sixtieth of" or "1/60th of".

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Not, as you might think, a sixtieth of a sixtieth of a twenty-fourth of the period of the Earth's rotation.

Sea-freight emissions are less than a sixtieth of those associated with airplanes, and you don't have to build highways to berth a ship.

The camera is overrated as a psychological weapon; I am never wholly convinced by the theory that a "personality" — that vaguest and least easily classified of interior beasts — can be caught and tamed in a sixtieth of a second.

The camera is overrated as a psychological weapon; I am never wholly convinced by the theory that a "personality"—that vaguest and least easily classified of interior beasts can be caught and tamed in a sixtieth of a second.

There's a big difference now, says Haseltine: "What used to take an hour [per video frame], now can be done in a sixtieth of a second". This dramatic speed-up means that manipulation can be done in real time, on the fly, as a camera records or broadcasts.

Today, it is worth less than a thirtieth of that, and only about a sixtieth of its value ($20.67/oz) in 1930.

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