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Definition of Octad

Octad
Octad Oc"tad, n. [Gr. ?, ?, the number eight.] (Chem.) An atom or radical which has a valence of eight, or is octavalent.

Meaning of Octad from wikipedia

- Look up octad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Octad ('group of 8') or octade may refer to: Octad (chord), octachord in music theory Octad (computing)...
- historically been used for storage units of a variety of sizes. The term octad(e) for eight bits is no longer common. The international standard IEC 60027-2...
- produced in ascomycete fungi. Each ascus usually contains eight ascospores (or octad), produced by meiosis followed, in most species, by a mitotic cell division...
- beyond centillion (centilliard). The following table details the myriad, octad, Ancient Gr**** Archimedes's notation, Chinese myriad, Chinese long and -yllion...
- In mathematics, the Miracle Octad Generator, or MOG, is a mathematical tool introduced by Rob T. Curtis for studying the Mathieu groups, binary Golay...
- 16, or 24. Code words of weight 8 are called octads and code words of weight 12 are called dodecads. Octads of the code G24 are elements of the S(5,8,24)...
- images of that block. These form the octads of S(5,8,24). The Miracle Octad Generator (MOG) is a tool to generate octads, such as those containing specified...
- qualities constitute one material group called 'Suddhaññhaka Rupa kalàpa—pure-octad material group'." Boyd, T.J.M.; Sanderson, J.J. (2003). The Physics of Plasmas...
- or, sometimes, mixing Latin and Gr**** roots, "septachords"), octachords (octads), nonachords (nonads), decachords (decads), undecachords, and, finally,...
- The Aṭṭhakavagga (Pali, "Octet Chapter") and the Pārāyanavagga (Pali, "Way to the Far S**** Chapter") are two small collections of suttas within the Pāli...