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octonal, a.|ˈɒktəʊnəl| [f. L. octōn-ī eight at a time, by eights, f. octo eight + -al1.] Proceeding by eights: = octonary A.
1883L. F. Ward Dynamic Sociol. II. 65 The advantages of the octonal system. 1887Longm. Mag. Sept. 517 The advantages possessed by a decimal over a duodecimal or octonal system [of coinage]. |