"octad" meaning in English

See octad in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɒktæd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑkˌtæd/ [General-American] Forms: octads [plural]
Etymology: From oct- + -ad. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|oct|ad}} oct- + -ad Head templates: {{en-noun}} octad (plural octads)
  1. A group of eight things. Categories (topical): Eight Synonyms: octonary Coordinate_terms (group): monad
    Sense id: en-octad-en-noun-qoyn49qM Disambiguation of Eight: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'group': 100 0
  2. (historical) hundred million = myriad myriad; 100,000,000 = 10⁸ Tags: historical Categories (topical): Collectives, Eight
    Sense id: en-octad-en-noun-p6V7l2Jf Disambiguation of Collectives: 41 59 Disambiguation of Eight: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with oct-, English terms suffixed with -ad, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with oct-: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: octadic, octad of octads Related terms: octaeteris, octennium

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dyad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "triad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tetrad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pentad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hexad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hebdomad"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "heptad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ogdoad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "octad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ennead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nonad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "decad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "decade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hendecad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dodecad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "duodecade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chiliad"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From oct- + -ad.",
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    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɒktæd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑkˌtæd/",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
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    },
    {
      "word": "triad"
    },
    {
      "word": "tetrad"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "hexad"
    },
    {
      "word": "hebdomad"
    },
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      "word": "heptad"
    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "decad"
    },
    {
      "word": "decade"
    },
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      "word": "hendecad"
    },
    {
      "word": "dodecad"
    },
    {
      "word": "duodecade"
    },
    {
      "word": "chiliad"
    }
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    },
    {
      "word": "octad of octads"
    }
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From oct- + -ad.",
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    }
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    },
    {
      "word": "octennium"
    }
  ],
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        "A group of eight things."
      ],
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          "eight",
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      ],
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      ],
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        "historical"
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɒktæd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑkˌtæd/",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "octad"
}

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