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achtbein

achtbein noun: synonym of octad.

Noun

achtbein (plural achtbeins)

  1. Synonym of octad.
    • The extended siebenbein, or achtbein, v^(a')ᵢ, has unit determinant and is constructed from the siebenbein eᵃᵢ and the 7 scalar fields ϕₘ as follows1991 August 13, C D Froggatt, H B Nielsen, Origin Of Symmetries, World Scientific, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 59
    Synonyms:
    octad

Synonyms of achtbein

Forms of achtbein

pluralachtbeins

Origin of achtbein

Equivalent to German acht (“eight”) + Beine (“legs”).

Questions about achtbein

What does achtbein mean?
Achtbein means synonym of octad.
What part of speech is achtbein?
Achtbein is a noun.
What is the plural of achtbein?
The plural of achtbein is achtbeins.

Words near achtbein in the dictionary

  1. achrosine
  2. achroödextrin
  3. achs
  4. achtaragdite
  5. achtaragdites
  6. achtbein
  7. achtbeins
  8. achtel
  9. achteling
  10. achtelings
  11. achtels

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