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octachotomy

octachotomy noun: the division of one into eight separate but related parts.

Noun

octachotomy (countable and uncountable, plural octachotomies)

  1. (rare) The division of one into eight separate but related parts.

Forms of octachotomy

pluraloctachotomies

Origin of octachotomy

From octa- + -chotomy, after dichotomy.

Questions about octachotomy

What does octachotomy mean?
Octachotomy means the division of one into eight separate but related parts.
What part of speech is octachotomy?
Octachotomy is a noun.
What is the plural of octachotomy?
The plural of octachotomy is octachotomies.

Words near octachotomy in the dictionary

  1. octachord
  2. octachords
  3. octachoron
  4. octachorons
  5. octachotomies
  6. octachotomy
  7. octacistronic
  8. octacontagon
  9. octacontagons
  10. octacontane
  11. octacoordinated

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