单词 | octet |
释义 | oc·tet (ŏk-tĕt) n. 1. Music a. A composition for eight voices or eight instruments. b. A group of eight singers or eight instrumentalists. 2. A group of eight: "A train of heavy wagons rumbled north on the Winnipeg Trail, drawn by octets of oxen" (Garrison Keillor). 3. See octave. 4. A set of eight valence electrons in an atom or ion, forming a stable configuration. [Alteration (influenced by OCTO- and DUET) of Italian ottetto, from otto, eight, from Latin octō; see oktō(u) in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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