Suboctuple
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Suboctuple is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Containing one part of eight; in the ratio of one to eight.
Meaning
(obsolete) Containing one part of eight; in the ratio of one to eight.
Example Sentences
As one of these under pulleys abates half of that heaviness of the weight, and causes the power to be in a subduple proportion; so two of them abate half of that which remains, and cause a subquadruple proportion, three a sextuple, four a suboctuple.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include suboctave, octave, subseptuple, subdecuple, octonary, octadic.
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