SUBOCTUPLE

Etymology

Adjective

suboctuple (not comparable)

(obsolete) Containing one part of eight; in the ratio of one to eight.

As one of these under pulleys abates half of that heaviness of the weight, and causes the power to be in a subduple proportion; so two of them abate half of that which remains, and cause a subquadruple proportion, three a sextuple, four a suboctuple.

Source: Wiktionary


Sub*oc"tave, Sub*oc"tu*ple, a.

Definition: Containing one part of eight; having the ratio of one to eight. Bp. Wilkins.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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