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单词 octuple
释义

octuple

[ ok-too-puhl, -tyoo-; ok-too-puhl, -tyoo- ]
/ ˈɒk tʊ pəl, -tyʊ-; ɒkˈtu pəl, -ˈtyu- /

adjective

eightfold; eight times as great.
having eight effective units or elements.

verb (used with object), oc·tu·pled, oc·tu·pling.

to make eight times as great.

noun

Rowing. a shell rowed by a crew of eight, each rower using a pair of oars.

Origin of octuple

1595–1605; <Latin octuplus, equivalent to octu-, variant (before labials) of octō-octo- + -plus-fold

Words nearby octuple

octopus, octoroon, octosyllabic, octosyllable, octroi, octuple, octuplet, octuplicate, octyl alcohol, octyl phenol, ocul-
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Example sentences from the Web for octuple

  • As the octuple body mixes with the air in the vacuum of the sky, so is the mind also absorbed in it at the same time.

    The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2)|Valmiki
  • The mind then ascends on the vehicle of the octuple body, and surveys the phenomenal world as a sober reality.

    The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2)|Valmiki

British Dictionary definitions for octuple

octuple
/ (ˈɒktjʊpəl) /

noun

a quantity or number eight times as great as another

adjective

eight times as much or as many
consisting of eight parts

verb

(tr) to multiply by eight

Word Origin for octuple

C17: from Latin octuplus, from octo eight + -plus as in duplus double
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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