Octet

Word OCTET
Character 5
Hyphenation oc tet
Pronunciations /ɒkˈtɛt/

Definitions and meanings of "Octet"

What do we mean by octet?

A composition for eight voices or eight instruments. noun

A group of eight singers or eight instrumentalists. noun

A group of eight. noun

A set of eight valence electrons in an atom or ion, forming a stable configuration. noun

In music, a composition for eight voices or instruments, or a company of eight singers or players. Sometimes, but not usually, equivalent to a double quartet. Also ottetto, octuor, octiphonium. noun

A composition for eight parts, usually for eight solo instruments or voices. noun

A group of eight singers or eight musicians. noun

A group or set of eight of something. noun

A group of eight musicians performing together. noun

A composition for such a group of musicians. noun

A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o noun

A group of three bits, representing eight possible values. noun

Eight people considered as a unit noun

A set of eight similar things considered as a unit noun

The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one noun

A musical composition written for eight performers noun

Eight performers or singers who perform together noun

A group or set of eight of something.

A group of eight musicians performing together.

A composition for such a group of musicians.

A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o

A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Octet

The word "octet" in example sentences

For example, you might want to subnet an address like 10. 1.x.0, where the first two octets are fixed because they are used in the extended network prefix, and the fourth octet is 0 because all bits are used for the host number. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Yet another one of Gordon Brown's 'octet' - the eight advisers named in The Spectator three years ago - is moving on. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As a 16-year-old, Mendelssohn wrote the featured octet, which is considered to be one of his masterpieces, she said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Traveling choral groups have been part of seminary's tradition since 1962, when the first men's "octet" began touring the country during the seminary's summer hiatus from classes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(The term "octet" is used by Internet documentation for such 8-bit chunks. ❋ Unknown (1989)

You can usually do this by looking to see what it was when it was automatic, and then changing the last number (the 4th #, or "octet", i.e. the ❋ Unknown (2009)

The decision was approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an eight-minister adviser panel known as "the octet." ❋ Joshua Mitnick (2011)

Fannin Family: An octet of siblings from Hortonville, Wis. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But that all changed in the second half with the addition of two more violinists for Mendelssohn's octet. ❋ Andrew Clements (2010)

Tackling Mr. Wonder's music is no radical act for this all-star octet, which waves high the banner of the San Francisco arts organization SFJazz. ❋ Larry Blumenfeld (2011)

On Tuesday, the soul-jazz octet will release its second album, "Got to Get Back" Electraphonic, which adds four more vinyl legends to the mix. ❋ Marc Myers (2011)

The guards, a blue octet, figure contorting in their middle, march into view. ❋ T.J. Forrester (2011)

In his delirium, as he tries to construe who hit him, he is visited by his dead father and then an "octet of naked women," each of whom tells him a tale of woe. ❋ Sam Sacks (2011)

Prettily and sexily costumed by Ms. Kurtzman in brief baby-doll tunics in a range of cerise and gray hues sparingly appliquéd with tiny roses and paired with pearlescent trunks, Mr. Morris's octet of women form a gamboling sisterhood—think classical nymphs rendered by Isadora Duncan. ❋ Robert Greskovic (2011)

I scarcely knew there was enough cello octet repertoire to fill a concert, let alone justify the formation of a professional chamber group. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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