octonary
Americanadjective
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pertaining to the number 8.
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consisting of eight.
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proceeding by eight.
noun
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octonaries
plural
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a group of eight; an ogdoad.
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Prosody. Also a stanza of eight lines.
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a number in an octonary system.
adjective
noun
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prosody a stanza of eight lines
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a group of eight
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Etymology
Origin of octonary
1525–35; < Latin octōnārius consisting of eight, equivalent to octōn ( ī ) eight each + -ārius -ary
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Two possible number systems that have, for purely theoretical reasons, attracted much attention, are the octonary and the duodecimal systems.
From The Number Concept Its Origin and Development by Levi Leonard Conant
It is said that the ancient Saxons used the octonary system,220 but how, or for what purposes, is not stated.
From The Number Concept Its Origin and Development by Levi Leonard Conant
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