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octas

octas is the plural of octa.

Meaning of octa

Noun

octa (plural octas)

  1. The proportion of the sky that is obscured by clouds, in eighths (one octa means that one eighth of the sky is obscured, two octas that one quarter is obscured, and so on).
    • It has been shown that most of the flood-rainy days are associatied with 6-8 octa ScFb, CuSc in the morning and CuSc, ScFb with or without Cb in the afternoon of the previous day.1935, Indian Science News Association, Science and Culture, Indian Science News Association, Page 93

Questions about octas

What is octas the plural of?
Octas is the plural of octa.

Words near octas in the dictionary

  1. octarius
  2. octaroon
  3. octaroons
  4. octarticulate
  5. octary
  6. octas
  7. octasaccharide
  8. octasaccharides
  9. octasaccharidic
  10. octasilicate
  11. octasiloxane

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