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prettygoodword) wrote2025-06-20 07:10 am
prettygoodword) wrote2025-06-20 07:10 am
octonary
octonary (ok-tuh-ner-ee) - adj., of or relating to the number eight; consisting of eight members. n., a group of eight; esp., a stanza of eight lines.
This is a lesser-known synonym for octal, as in numbering system using base 8, and octet. Octave is also used for the stanza. An even lesser-known synonym for the group is ogdoad. Taken around 1530 from Latin octōnārius, containing eight, from octōnī, eight each + -arius, adjectival ending, from octō, eight.
---L.
This is a lesser-known synonym for octal, as in numbering system using base 8, and octet. Octave is also used for the stanza. An even lesser-known synonym for the group is ogdoad. Taken around 1530 from Latin octōnārius, containing eight, from octōnī, eight each + -arius, adjectival ending, from octō, eight.
---L.