octet, octette
(noun) a musical composition written for eight performers
octet, octette, eightsome
(noun) eight people considered as a unit
octet, octette
(noun) a set of eight similar things considered as a unit
octet, octette
(noun) eight performers or singers who perform together
eight, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
octet (plural octets)
A group or set of eight of something.
Synonyms: octad, octonary, ogdoad (chiefly Greek and Egyptian contexts), octuplet (particularly babies), nundine (8-day week)
(music) A group of eight musicians performing together.
(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.
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Source: Wiktionary
Oc*tet", n. Etym: [From L. octo eight, like E. duet, fr.L.duo. See Octave.] (Mus.)
Definition: A composition for eight parts, usually for eight solo instruments or voices.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
