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The phrase "a sixtieth of a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a fractional part of something, specifically one part out of sixty equal parts.
Example: "If you divide the cake into sixty equal pieces, each piece will be a sixtieth of a cake."
Alternatives: "one-sixtieth of a" or "1/60th of a".

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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.

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.

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"This is a first-of-a-kind campaign," he adds.

What is a fourth of a sixth?

It only lives for a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second".

(A hydrogen atom weighs 60 billionths of a billionth of a billionth of an ounce).

Micro is a millionth of a meter.

Can you spare a millionth of a billionth of a second?

One femtosecond is a millionth of a billionth of a second.

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