Definition:Number Prefixes/8/Oct-
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Definition
The prefix oct- denotes $8$.
Examples
The prefix oct- can be found in the following contexts:
- octad: a set or ordered tuple with $8$ elements
- octahedron: a polyhedron with $8$ faces
Linguistic Note
The prefix oct- is from the Classical Greek ὀκτά- (oktá-) and ὀκτώ (oktṓ), meaning eight.
Sources
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): oct-
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): oct-