See Also: octet(dictionary)
octet(dictionary)

octet (iou)



octet noun. Also octette. M19.
[Italian ottetto or German Oktett, assim. to OCTA-, OCTO-, -ET1, after duet, quartet.]
Music. A composition for eight voices or instruments. M19.
A group of eight lines of verse; spec. the first eight lines of a sonnet. L19.
A group of eight persons or things; esp. (Music) a group of eight singers or instrumentalists. L19.
b. Physics & Chemistry. A stable group of eight electrons in an electron shell of an atom. E20.
c. Nuclear Physics. A multiplet of eight subatomic particles. M20.