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Eighth
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- 1 The ordinal form of the number eight. not-comparable
"Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks."
- 1 coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position wordnet
- 1 The person or thing in the eighth position.
- 2 one part in eight equal parts wordnet
- 3 One of eight equal parts of a whole.
"Two bits equals two eighths of a dollar."
- 4 position eight in a countable series of things wordnet
- 5 An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs. slang
"At midday he’d found an ageing eighth of hash in a drawer, a little bundle of cellophane."
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- 6 An interval by doubling in pitch frequency.
- 1 To divide by eight. transitive
"The first step is to eighth the script out. See figure 3.6 overleaf. Eighthing a script is subjective."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English eiȝtthe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô; equivalent to eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
Inherited from Middle English eiȝtthe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô; equivalent to eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
Inherited from Middle English eiȝtthe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô; equivalent to eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
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