octet
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Cardinal: eight Ordinal: eighth Latinate ordinal: octonary Adverbial: eight times Multiplier: eightfold Latinate multiplier: octuple Distributive: octuply Group collective: eightsome Multipart collective: octuplet Greek or Latinate collective: octad Greek collective prefix: octo-, octa- Latinate collective prefix: octo- Fractional: eighth Latinate fractional prefix: octant- Elemental: octuplet Greek prefix: ogdo- Number of musicians: octet Number of years: octennium |
Noun edit
octet (plural octets)
- A group or set of eight of something.
- (music) A group of eight musicians performing together.
- An octet of waiters sang her "Happy Birthday".
- (music) A composition for such a group of musicians.
- (computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
- Synonym: byte
- (computing, rare) A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.
- 2003, Nitesh Dhanjani, Linux and UNIX security portable reference:
- This is done by breaking down each set of permissions (user, group, and other) to represent an octet.
Hyponyms edit
- octennium (years)
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Related terms edit
Translations edit
group of eight
group of eight musicians performing together
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composition for such a group
byte of eight bits — see byte
rare: byte of three bits
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- octet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “octet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
octet m (plural octets)
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Further reading edit
- “octet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
octet m (plural octeți)
Declension edit
Declension of octet
Further reading edit
- octet in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)