OCTET


Meaning of OCTET in English

/ok tet"/ , n.

1. a company of eight singers or musicians.

2. a musical composition for eight voices or instruments.

3. Pros. octave (def. 4).

4. any group of eight.

Also, octette .

[ 1860-65; OCT- + -et, as in duet ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .