octet
English
Alternative forms
- octett, octette (rare)
Etymology
From Latin octo (“eight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɒkˈtɛt/
Audio (RP) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛt
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Cardinal: eight Ordinal: eighth Latinate ordinal: octonary Adverbial: eight times Multiplier: eightfold Latinate multiplier: octuple Distributive: octuply Collective: eightsome Multiuse 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
octet (plural octets)
- A group or set of eight of something.
- Synonyms: octad, octonary, (chiefly Greek and Egyptian contexts) ogdoad, (particularly babies) octuplet, (8-day week) nundine
- (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.
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Hyponyms
- octennium (years)
Derived terms
- octet rule
Related terms
- octa-
- octuple
Translations
group of eight
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group of eight musicians performing together
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composition for such a group
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byte of eight bits — see byte
rare: byte of three bits
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See also
- duet
- nonet
- quartet
- quintet
- septet
- sextet
- solo
- trio
Further reading
- octet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “octet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
- tecto-
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔk.tɛ/
audio (file)
Noun
octet m (plural octets)
- (computing) byte (of eight bits), octet
- Synonym: (abbreviation) o
Derived terms
- exbioctet
- exaoctet
- gibioctet
- gigaoctet
- pébioctet
- pétaoctet
- kibioctet
- kilooctet
- mébioctet
- mégaoctet
- tébioctet
- téraoctet
- yobioctet
- yoctaoctet
- zébioctet
- zétaoctet
Further reading
- “octet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /okˈtet/
Noun
octet m (plural octeți)
- (computing) byte (of eight bits)
Declension
Declension of octet
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) octet | octetul | (niște) octeți | octeții |
genitive/dative | (unui) octet | octetului | (unor) octeți | octeților |
vocative | octetule | octeților |
Synonyms
- byte
Further reading
- octet in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)