"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. Synonyms: octonary Coordinate_terms (group): monad
    Sense id: en-octad-en-noun-qoyn49qM Categories (other): Eight Disambiguation of Eight: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'group': 100 0
  2. (historical) hundred million = myriad myriad; 100,000,000 = 10⁸ Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-octad-en-noun-p6V7l2Jf 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, Collectives Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with oct-: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Collectives: 36 64
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"
    },
    {
      "_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"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From oct- + -ad.",
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    {
      "form": "octads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
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  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "octennium"
    }
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        }
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        {
          "word": "octonary"
        }
      ]
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          "_dis": "30 70",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "11 89",
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          "_dis": "36 64",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Collectives",
          "orig": "en:Collectives",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "hundred million = myriad myriad; 100,000,000 = 10⁸"
      ],
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        [
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        ]
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒktæd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑkˌtæd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "octad"
}
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with oct-",
    "English terms suffixed with -ad",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Collectives",
    "en:Eight"
  ],
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      "word": "monad"
    },
    {
      "word": "duad"
    },
    {
      "word": "dyad"
    },
    {
      "word": "triad"
    },
    {
      "word": "tetrad"
    },
    {
      "word": "pentad"
    },
    {
      "word": "hexad"
    },
    {
      "word": "hebdomad"
    },
    {
      "word": "heptad"
    },
    {
      "word": "ogdoad"
    },
    {
      "word": "octad"
    },
    {
      "word": "ennead"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonad"
    },
    {
      "word": "decad"
    },
    {
      "word": "decade"
    },
    {
      "word": "hendecad"
    },
    {
      "word": "dodecad"
    },
    {
      "word": "duodecade"
    },
    {
      "word": "chiliad"
    }
  ],
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "octad of octads"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From oct- + -ad.",
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    {
      "form": "octads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "octaeteris"
    },
    {
      "word": "octennium"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A group of eight things."
      ],
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          "eight",
          "eight"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
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        ]
      ],
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        {
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        }
      ]
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        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "million",
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          "myriad"
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      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒktæd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑkˌtæd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "octad"
}

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