ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Eightfold

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Eightfold is an adjective meaning Eight times as much; multiplied by eight.

Meaning

Eight times as much; multiplied by eight.

More Meanings

  1. Containing eight parts.
  2. By a factor of eight.

Example Sentences

2003, Richard Morris, The Last Sorcerers, page 213, The scheme, which Gell-Mann called the eightfold way, grouped mesons and baryons into families.

Synonyms for eightfold

Depending on context, synonyms include multiple.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include multiple, ninefold, tenfold, fourfold, sevenfold, sixfold.

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