Octet Definition

ŏk-tĕt

noun

A composition for eight voices or eight instruments.

Webster's New World

A group of eight.

American Heritage

A group of eight performers of this, or any group of eight musicians.

Webster's New World

A composition for eight voices or eight instruments.

American Heritage

(computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Octet

Singular:

octet

Plural:

octets

Alteration (influenced by octo–) (duet) of Italian ottetto from otto eight from Latin octō oktō(u) in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin octo, eight.

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