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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OCTAD

From Greek oktās, from oktō eight.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OCTAD

octad  [ˈɒktæd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OCTAD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Octad is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OCTAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of octad in the English dictionary

The definition of octad in the dictionary is a group or series of eight. Other definition of octad is an element or group with a valency of eight.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OCTAD


Flagstad
ˈflæɡstæd
heptad
ˈhɛptæd
pentad
ˈpɛntæd
tad
tæd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OCTAD

octa
octachord
octachordal
octadic
octagon
octagonal
octagonally
octahedra
octahedral
octahedrally
octahedrite
octahedron
octal
octal notation
octamerous
octameter
octan
octandrian
octandrous
octane

WORDS THAT END LIKE OCTAD

a tad
ad
ahead
bad
cad
dad
dead
download
fantad
Fredrikstad
glad
had
Halmstad
head
Hyderabad
instead
iPad
Kristianstad
Willemstad
Zaanstad

Synonyms and antonyms of octad in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «octad» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OCTAD

Find out the translation of octad to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of octad from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «octad» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

八个一
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

octad
570 millions of speakers

English

octad
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

octad
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

octad
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

октады
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

octad
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অষ্টক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

octade
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Oktad
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

octad
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

8個一組
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

octad
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Octad
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

octad
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

octad
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑक्टेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

octad
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Octad
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

octad
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

октади
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

octad
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Οκτάδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

octad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

octad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

octad
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of octad

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OCTAD»

The term «octad» is normally little used and occupies the 134.229 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OCTAD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about octad

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OCTAD»

Discover the use of octad in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to octad and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Symmetric Generation of Groups: With Applications to Many of ...
Proof Since 759 is not congruent to 0 modulo seven, we know that elements of order 7 in L must fix octads and act with cycle-shape 1.7 on the points of the octad (indeed, we know that our element 21 fixes the octad uco +Q). Moreover, we ...
Robert Curtis, 2007
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Coordinates
Miracle Octad Generator Our proof of the uniqueness of the Golay code, disregarding permutations of the underlying set Q, was based on the relationship between hexads, sextets, and the hexacode. We found a special grouping of the points ...
W. Neutsch, 1996
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The Workings of Kamma:
Then, in the second stage, the nutritive-essence of such a nutriment-born nutritive -essence octad-kalāpa (together with the digestive fire) meets with the nutritive- essence of an eye-decad kalāpa, and four to five generations of nutriment-born ...
The Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw, 2012
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Geometry of Sporadic Groups: Volume 1, Petersen and Tilde ...
By the above lemma the G-orbit which contains a given 6-element subset £ depends only on whether or not £ is contained in an octad and the following lemma holds. Lemma 2.12.2 If E is a 6-element subset of 0", then G[E]/G(E) = Sym6.
A. A. Ivanov, 1999
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Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups
If two distinct sets of 4 or fewer elements are congruent modulo ^24. their symmetric difference is an octad, and so they must be disjoint and have 4 elements each, so the theorem is best possible. Thus 4096=1 +24+ (224) + (234) + j(244).
John Conway, Eiichi Bannai, 1999
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Wisdom Wide and Deep: A Practical Handbook for Mastering ...
Find these mind—produced nutritive—essence octad kalapas first in the heart base, then in all the sense bases, and finally examine the body parts to discover where mind—produced nutritive—essence octad kalapas are found.
Shaila Catherine, 2011
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Subgroup Complexes
the projective points, in the projective space P(V); or else with linear 1-subspaces of the vector space V—we may write VO for the 1-space corresponding to the octad O. As vertices of our second type (denoted T), we take the trios; these are ...
Stephen D. Smith, 2011
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Sporadic Groups
an octad, or a dodecad. If u = 0 then v = vn is an octad. If u is an octad then by 1g. 2, u + vn e S Finally if u is a dodecad then by 1g.6, u + vneS Observe that (V, X, Vq) is a (24, 12)-code with minimum weight 8. Thus the code corrects 3 errors.
Michael Aschbacher, 1994
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Groups and Geometries: Siena Conference, September 1996
We sometimes identify an octad (in fact the pair of an octad and the complementary 16-ad) with the corresponding vector of V. Let P be a non-trivial 2 -subgroup of G. Since Nc(P) normalizes the subgroup generated by ...
Lino Di Martino, 1998
10
Classifying Spaces of Sporadic Groups
An octad is incident to a sextet, if that sextet as a 46 partition refines the 16, 8 octad partition. Similarly a trio is incident to a sextet if the 46 sextet partition refines the 83 trio partition. But we do not define incidence among vertices of the same ...
David J. Benson, Stephen D. Smith

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OCTAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term octad is used in the context of the following news items.
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Newberry Springs pot bust nets eight arrests
Investigators requested the sheriff's SWAT team to arrest the octad Wednesday after a two-day investigation and search warrant servings at ... «Desert Dispatch, May 15»
2
It's Palindrome Week — 8 Craziest Palindromes to Celebrate the …
... Tanner, Brut, Lukacs, Aramaic, Rosena, Wall, an octad, a rank, a tela, Gamin, a hokum, Majlis, Nepali, a macaco, Rudd, a rabi, Rajkot, Nobie, ... «Mic, May 15»
3
Spinal-Cord Stimulation 'Last Resort' for Diabetic Nerve Pain
Those randomized to spinal-cord stimulation first underwent a 2-week trial stimulation period in which the device's lead (Octad, Medtronic) was ... «Medscape, Sep 14»
4
My Acting Bucket List: Jeffrey Jones
”Mr. Gerrish [Martin Gerrish, built drama program at Grossmont College, artistic director Octad One] would work with me on this years ago. «San Diego Reader, Sep 14»
5
Nick Picks Global Shorts Finalists
This is only the second year that international submissions were accepted, and the top runner octad represents the talents of artists from across ... «Animation Magazine, Sep 14»
6
Diversionary Theatre rehearsing for "Regrets Only" political satire
... and Home with Octad One; and before that, The Fritz, Starlight Opera, The Old Globe--and theaters in New Orleans, Norway, & Saudi Arabia! «San Diego Gay & Lesbian News, Aug 14»
7
Brothers revisit freestyle Frisbee fame
About a year later, with Erwin having been indoctrinated by his brother, they attended the Octad Frisbee Tournament in New Brunswick and ... «MyCentralJersey.com, Jun 14»
8
Morristown man to be inducted in Frisbee Hall of Fame
About a year later, with Erwin having been indoctrinated by his brother, they attended the Octad Frisbee Tournament in New Brunswick and ... «Dailyrecord.com, Jun 14»
9
The Peony Jade Way to Horsing Around
We started our octad meal with this year's horse-shaped “Instant Enormous Windfall, Good Health & Longevity” yu sheng, artistically illustrated ... «Popspoken, Jan 14»
10
Rushmere hosts Christmas Fair
Carol singers from local schools will be singing over the weekend and a group, Octad, will be performing on Sunday. The trust will be running a ... «Leighton Buzzard Today, Nov 12»

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