octet
Americannoun
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a company of eight singers or musicians.
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a musical composition for eight voices or instruments.
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Prosody. octave.
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any group of eight.
noun
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any group of eight, esp eight singers or musicians
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a piece of music composed for such a group
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prosody another word for octave
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chem a group of eight electrons forming a stable shell in an atom
Etymology
Origin of octet
1860–65; oct- + -et, as in duet
Vocabulary lists containing octet
Example Sentences
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This octet of components allows Paulsen to judge whether the overriding financial conditions are contractionary or accommodative.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The malignant Nurse conjures up a pack of monkeys, an octet of twirling black dresses, and a silver-painted dancer to seduce the Dyer’s Wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
But when you ask them about all that success, the octet are suddenly bashful.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
That program began with a small octet by Stravinsky and Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
Class A networks have the first octet as a network address and the remaining three as a host address on that network.
From Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet by Ed Krol
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