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n. Music A composition for eight voices or eight instruments.

n. Music A group of eight singers or eight instrumentalists.

n. A group of eight: "A train of heavy wagons rumbled north on the Winnipeg Trail, drawn by octets of oxen” ( Garrison Keillor).

n. See octave.

n. A set of eight valence electrons in an atom or ion, forming a stable configuration.

n. A group or set of eight of something.

n. A group of eight musicians performing together.

n. A composition for such a group of musicians.

n. A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o

n. A group of three bits, representing eight possible values.

n. A composition for eight parts, usually for eight solo instruments or voices.

n. A group of eight singers or eight musicians.

n. In music, a composition for eight voices or instruments, or a company of eight singers or players. Sometimes, but not usually, equivalent to a double quartet. Also ottetto, octuor, octiphonium.

n. eight people considered as a unit

n. a set of eight similar things considered as a unit

n. the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

n. a musical composition written for eight performers

n. eight performers or singers who perform together

"For example, you might want to subnet an address like 10. 1.x.0, where the first two octets are fixed because they are used in the extended network prefix, and the fourth octet is 0 because all bits are used for the host number."

gathering    assemblage    set    digit    figure    musical composition    composition    piece    piece of music    opus   

solo    nonet    quintet    sextet    duet    trio    septet    quartet   

octa-    octuple   

octet rule   

Annette    Antoinette    Bernadette    Bizet    Bret    Brett    Burnett    Calumet    Chalmette    Chet   

septet    sextuple    delocalization    sestet    root-race    sextet    micrograph    ruppa    jhoena    classman