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octad

Syllables: oc·tadUK/ˈɒktæd/US/ˈɑkˌtæd/

octad noun: a group of eight things.

Noun

octad (plural octads)

  1. A group of eight things.
    Synonyms:
    octonary
  2. (historical) hundred million = myriad myriad; 100,000,000 = 10⁸

octad meaning in Tamil and Bengali

octad in Tamil

எட்டு அடங்கிய தொகுதி, எட்டன் தொகுதி

octad in Bengali

আটটি জিনিসের একটি দল, ১০০, ০০০

Synonyms of octad

Forms of octad

pluraloctads

Origin of octad

From oct- + -ad.

Words formed from octad

Questions about octad

What does octad mean?
Octad means a group of eight things.
What is octad in Tamil?
Octad in Tamil is எட்டு அடங்கிய தொகுதி, எட்டன் தொகுதி. See Octad meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is octad?
Octad is a noun.
How do you pronounce octad?
Octad is pronounced /ˈɒktæd/ (UK).
What is the plural of octad?
The plural of octad is octads.

Words near octad in the dictionary

  1. octacube
  2. octacubes
  3. octacyanomolybdate
  4. octacyanomolybdates
  5. octacyclic
  6. octad
  7. octadec-
  8. octadeca-
  9. octadecacopper
  10. octadecadienate
  11. octadecadienoate

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: octad (page history and authors); octad (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); octad (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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