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from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a quantivalence of eight; octad.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with, exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; -- said of certain atoms or radicals.
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- adjective chemistry having a
valence of 8
Etymologies
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octa- + valent
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