Suboctuple
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Containing one part of eight; in the ratio of one to eight. not-comparable, obsolete
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From sub- + octuple.
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