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Definition of Heptad
1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one.
Generic synonyms: Digit, Figure
Derivative terms: Seven
Definition of Heptad
1. n. An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Also used as an adjective.
Definition of Heptad
1. Noun. a group of seven things ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heptad
1. a group of seven [n -S]
Medical Definition of Heptad
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Heptad
Literary usage of Heptad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fownes' Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1878)
"heptad METALS. MANGANESE, as already observed, is the only known m?tal this class,
and It is more conveniently described in connection with • iron metala. ..."
2. The Revelation of Jesus Christ by John by Francis John Bodfield Hooper (1861)
"heptad OF THE SEALS resumed and concluded. Remarks introductory to the seventh seal.
The Episode of the sixth seal being concluded, we proceed to that ..."
3. Numbers: Their Occult Power and Mystic Virtue: Being a Résumé of the Views by William Wynn Westcott (1890)
"The heptad, say the followers of " Pythagoras," was so called from the Greek
verb "sebo," to venerate (and from the Hebrew ..."
4. The Revelation of Jesus Christ by John by Francis John Bodfield Hooper (1861)
"... and its restoration by the army in the person of Claudius, are the events
alluded to in the second and third divisions of this heptad ? ..."
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