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Meanings of Octachord:

noun

A series of eight notes, as the ordinary diatonic scale.

Meanings of Octactinal:

adjective

Having eight rays; specifically of or relating to the subclass octocorallia (formerly called octactiniae) of anthozoan corals whose polyps bear eight pinnate tentacles.

Meanings of Octactinian:

noun

An anthozoan coral of the subclass octocoralliae (formerly called octactinia) whose polyps bear eight pinnate tentacles.

Meanings of Octad:

noun

A group or set of eight.

Usage examples:

After meiosis, the four meiotic products undergo an additional mitotic division to yield eight hapl…

Meanings of Octadecane:

noun

Any of the series of saturated hydrocarbons (alkanes) having the formula c₁₈ h₃₈; specifically (also "n-octadecane") the unbranched isomer ch₃ (ch₂)₁₆ ch₃.

Meanings of Octadecyl:

noun

Any of the series of hydrocarbon radicals —c₁₈ h₃₇ derived from the octadecanes; specifically the straight-chain radical —ch₂ (ch₂)₁₆ ch₃ (also called stearyl). usually attributive or a formative element in chemical names.

Meanings of Octadic:

adjective

Of or relating to an octad or octads. "octadic surface" noun geometry a quartic surface having eight nodes which can be thought of as the intersections of three quadric surfaces.

Meanings of Octadrachm:

noun

An ancient greek coin worth eight drachmas.

Meanings of Octadrachma:

noun

An ancient greek coin worth eight drachmas.

Meanings of Octads:

noun

A group or set of eight.

Usage examples:

After meiosis, the four meiotic products undergo an additional mitotic division to yield eight hapl…

Meanings of Octaeteris:

noun

In the ancient greek calendar: a period of eight years, in the course of which three months of 30 days each were intercalated so as to make the year of 12 lunar months correspond with the solar year.

Meanings of Octagon:

noun

A plane figure with eight straight sides and eight angles.

Usage examples:

You may know about a pentagon, a hexagon, or an octagon.

Meanings of Octagonal:

adjective

Having the shape or cross section of an octagon; eight-sided.

Usage examples:

An octagonal tower

Meanings of Octagons:

noun

A plane figure with eight straight sides and eight angles.

Usage examples:

You may know about a pentagon, a hexagon, or an octagon.

Meanings of Octahedra:

noun

A three-dimensional shape having eight plane faces, especially a regular solid figure with eight equal triangular faces.

Usage examples:

These are often known as the platonic solids: the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and i…

Plural of octahedron specialized

Meanings of Octahedrally:

adverb

In an octahedral shape or arrangement; with octahedral symmetry.

Meanings of Octahedric:

adjective

Octahedral.

Meanings of Octahedron:

noun

A three-dimensional shape having eight plane faces, especially a regular solid figure with eight equal triangular faces.

Usage examples:

These are often known as the platonic solids: the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and i…

Meanings of Octahedrons:

noun

A three-dimensional shape having eight plane faces, especially a regular solid figure with eight equal triangular faces.

Usage examples:

These are often known as the platonic solids: the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and i…

Meanings of Octakishexahedron:

noun

A solid figure having forty-eight scalene triangular faces.

Meanings of Octamerous:

adjective

Having parts arranged in groups of eight.

Usage examples:

Being octocorallians, they have polyps that show an octamerous or eight-fold symmetry.

Meanings of Octameter:

noun

A line of verse consisting of eight metrical feet.

Usage examples:

Really the only difference is that the terms have been carrollised and the verse is in octameter in…

Meanings of Octane:

noun

A colourless flammable hydrocarbon of the alkane series, present in petroleum spirit.

Usage examples:

Carbon in its most reduced form is found in alkanes, which are typically fuels like methane, propan…

Meanings of Octanes:

noun

A chemical substance in gasoline (= liquid fuel) which is used as a measure of its quality

Meanings of Octangle:

noun

A figure with eight angles; an octagon.