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oc·tet / äkˈtet/ (also oc·tette) • n. a group of eight people or things, in particular: ∎ a group of eight musicians. ∎ a musical composition for eight voices or instruments. ∎ the first eight lines of a sonnet. ∎ Chem. a stable group of eight electrons occupying a single shell in an atom.
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octet (Fr. octuor, octette; It. ottetto; Ger. Oktett). Any combination of 8 performers or any piece of mus. comp. for such. The normal str. octet is for 4 vn., 2 va., 2 vc., as in Mendelssohn's. Schubert's Octet is for 2 vn., va., vc., db., cl., bn., and hn. That by Stravinsky is for wind instr.
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octet
octet Eight contiguous bits; an eight bit byte. The term is used instead of byte to prevent confusion in cases where the term has preexisting hardware associations, as in machines with 7-bit bytes, 9-bit bytes, 12-bit bytes.
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•propjet • turbojet • etiquette • outlet
•triolet • calumet • cermet
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