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octad


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Octad  \Oc"tad\,  n.  [Gr.  ?,  ?,  the  number  eight.]  (Chem.) 
  An  atom  or  radical  which  has  a  valence  of  eight  or  is 
  octavalent. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  octad 
  n  :  the  cardinal  number  that  is  the  sum  of  seven  and  one  [syn:  {eight}, 
  {8},  {VIII},  {eighter},  {eighter  from  Decatur},  {ogdoad}, 
  {octonary},  {octet}] 




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