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Definition of Octuplet
1. Noun. one of a group of eight babies born from the same mother during the same birth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Octuplet
1. a group of eight related items [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Octuplet
Literary usage of Octuplet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of the Theory of the Newtonian Potential Function by Benjamin Osgood Peirce (1902)
"Find the flow function due to an octuplet of the kind shown in Fig. 132 at the
origin. (c) Show that the lines of flow due to a plane doublet may be ..."
2. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society by Howard R. Oliver (1865)
"... for there is no multiplet which does not contain a letter permutable with a
letter of every other multiplet, and every octuplet has a letter d ..."
3. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"... eight equal notes played in the time of six notes of the same value in the
regular rhythm. öd (öd) It. conj. Octet: a piece in eight parts. octuplet Or; ..."
4. Famous Composers and Their Works by Philip Hale, Louis Charles Elson (1900)
"octuplet. A group of eight notes of the same time.value. performed in the time
proper to six notes of the same kind belonging to the regular rhythm. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
"octuplet. Oc'tuor. Same as Octet. Oc'tuplet. A group of 8 equal notes having the
same time-value as 6 notes of the same kind in the regular rhythm. Ode. ..."
6. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"octuplet. Otter (Franz Joseph) composed concertos and sonatas for violin; played
violin, Salzburg Cathedral and Vienna Chapel Royal ; pupil of Michael Haydn ..."
7. The Influence of a Magnetic Field Upon the Spark Spectra of Iron and Titanium by Arthur Scott King (1912)
"The typical octuplet has five я- and three /»-components, equally spaced.
The outer я-components are usually the stronger and the central one quite weak, ..."
8. The Musiclover's Handbook: Containing (1) a Pronouncing Dictionary of by John Herbert Clifford (1911)
"octuplet. A group of eight notes played in the time of six of the same value.
Ode Symphonie (Fr.). Choral symphony. Odeon (Gr.), Odeum (Lat.). ..."
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