octet
Meanings
Plural: octets
Noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- eight performers or singers who perform together
- a set of eight similar things considered as a unit
- eight people considered as a unit
- a musical composition written for eight performers
- A group or set of eight of something.
- A group of eight musicians performing together.
- A composition for such a group of musicians.
- A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
- A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin octo (“eight”).
Synonyms
8, byte, eight, eighter, eighter from Decatur, eightsome, nundine, octad, octette, octonary, octuplet, ogdoad, VIII
Scrabble Score: 7
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