单词 | octonary |
释义 | octonaryn.adj. A. n. 1. A group or stanza of eight lines of verse, esp. each of the sections of Psalm 119 (118 in the Vulgate). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > eight-lined stanza octonary1530 ogdoastich1579 octavea1586 octastich1587 huitain1589 octave stanza1774 octraina1827 1530 G. Joye in tr. M. Bucer Psalter of Dauid f. 192v The first Octonary. Aleph... The seconde Octonary. Beth. [etc.] 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms cxix. 1 Pindarus and other Poets had their Ogdoades or Octonaries. a1677 T. Manton 190 Serm. on 119th Psalm (1681) lxiii. 375 As there are in the Hebrew Twenty two Letters; so Twenty two Parts or Octonaries, each Octonary beginneth with the same Letter. 1882 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VI. Ps. cxix. (heading) The whole Psalm proceeds by octonaries. 1883 Catholic World Aug. 659 Many..were the improvements he introduced into verse. The octonary was commonly used; he adopted the hendecasyllable and seven-syllable. 1951 J. A. Jungmann Mass Rom. Rite 273 The octonary mentioned is also found in other relationships in Spanish books of the 15-16th century. 2. A group of eight, an octet. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eight > [noun] > group of eight ogdoas1642 octavea1806 octet1894 octonary1989 1989 USA Today (Nexis) 12 June 10c Lori Jerman of Solon High and Robert Smith of Euclid were winners of the 22nd annual All-Ohio Octonary (eight-event track and field competition). B. adj. Relating to the number eight: consisting of eight; proceeding by eights; spec. = octal adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eight > [adjective] > relating to, consisting of, or proceeding by octonary1615 octonal1860 octaval1884 1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith iv. iv. §4 Eight..compared with seven is a greater number,..and yet the octonary number applied to nine, is less than the septenary applied to seven material numerables. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 17) 1488 In Noahs octonary familie, one was a sonne of Belial. 1845 B. Thorpe tr. J. M. Lappenberg Hist. Eng. I. 82 Of greater importance..would be the knowledge of the numeral system in use among the Saxons. I am inclined to the belief that the octonary..was the one followed. 1891 Bull. N.Y. Math. Soc. 1 5 The distinction between numbers of the form 4n + 1 and those of the form 4n + 3 is of great importance in the theory of numbers, and in the octonary system it would be obvious at a glance to which of these classes a given uneven number belongs. 1957 D. D. McCracken Digital Computer Programming iii. 33 The simple reason for the use of octal (also sometimes called octonary) numbers is that the conversion from binary to octal can be carried out mentally. 1984 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 391 149 Familiar algebras such as the binary one of the complex numbers..and the octonary one of the complex quaternions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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