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octette

octette is the rare spelling of octet.

Meaning of octet

Noun

octet (plural octets)

  1. A group or set of eight of something.
  2. A group of eight musicians performing together.
    • An octet of waiters sang her "Happy Birthday".
  3. A composition for such a group of musicians.
  4. A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
    Synonyms:
    byte
  5. (rare) A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.
    • This is done by breaking down each set of permissions (user, group, and other) to represent an octet.2003, Nitesh Dhanjani, Linux and UNIX security portable reference

Forms of octette

pluraloctettes

Origin of octette

From oct- + -ette.

Questions about octette

What is octette the rare spelling of?
Octette is the rare spelling of octet.

Words near octette in the dictionary

  1. octet rule
  2. octethyl
  3. octetonium
  4. octets
  5. octett
  6. octette
  7. octettes
  8. octetts
  9. OCTG
  10. OCTGs
  11. octhilinone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: octette (page history and authors); octet (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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