octonary

octonary
/ok"teuh ner'ee/, adj., n., pl. octonaries.
adj.
1. pertaining to the number 8.
2. consisting of eight.
3. proceeding by eight.
4. octal (def. 1).
n.
5. a group of eight; an ogdoad.
6. Also, octal. Pros. a stanza of eight lines.
7. a number in an octonary system.
[1525-35; < L octonarius consisting of eight, equiv. to octon(i) eight each + -arius -ARY]

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