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A composition for eight voices or eight instruments.
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A group of eight singers or eight instrumentalists.
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A group of eight.
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A set of eight valence electrons in an atom or ion, forming a stable configuration.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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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.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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A composition for eight parts, usually for eight solo instruments or voices.
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A group of eight singers or eight musicians.
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A group of eight musicians performing together.
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A composition for such a group of musicians.
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A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
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A group of three bits, representing eight possible values.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
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eight people considered as a unit
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a set of eight similar things considered as a unit
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the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
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a musical composition written for eight performers
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eight performers or singers who perform together
Word Usage
"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."