Meaning

2 senses

  1. A group of eight things.

  2. (historical)Hundred million = myriad myriad; 100,000,000 = 10⁸

More definitions
  • the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

Origin

From oct- + -ad.

From oct- + -ad.

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Forms

plural: octads
Singularoctad
Pluraloctads

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
octonary
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedoctaeterisoctennium
Derivedoctadic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ocelotochreoctagonoctaveoctopus
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