octa-


  1. a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek and Latin, where it meant “eight” (octagon; octastyle), on this model, used in the formation of compound words, and in chemical terms specialized to mean “having eight atoms” (octavalent).

Origin of octa-

1
<Greek okta-, combining form of oktṓeight

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How to use octa- in a sentence

  • After this Eosa and the rest that fled, being encouraged by Octa's success, came also, and were admitted to the same favour.

  • The incautious sovereign having assented to this, Octa and Ebusa arrived with forty ships.

British Dictionary definitions for octa (1 of 2)

octa

/ (ˈɒktə) /


noun
  1. a variant spelling of okta

British Dictionary definitions for octa- (2 of 2)

octa-

combining form
  1. a variant of octo-

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