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octet

Syllabification: (oc·tet)

Pronunciation: /äkˈtet/

(also octette)

Translate octet | into Italian

Definition of octet

noun

a group of eight people or things, in particular.
a group of eight musicians.
a musical composition for eight voices or instruments.
the first eight lines of a sonnet.
Chemistry a stable group of eight electrons occupying a single shell in an atom.