Eightfold

adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Eight times as much; multiplied by eight. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Containing eight parts. not-comparable

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    having eight units or components wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    By a factor of eight. not-comparable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English eahtafeald. Equivalent to eight + -fold.

Etymology 2

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English eahtafeald. Equivalent to eight + -fold.

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