ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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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