A group or set of eight of something. / (music) A group of eight musicians performing together. / (music) A composition for such a group of musicians. / (computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o

plural of octet

(chemistry) A rule stating that atoms lose, gain, or share electrons in order to have a full valence shell of 8 electrons. (Hydrogen is excluded because it can hold a maximum of 2 electrons in its valence shell.)

(physics) The eight color components of the gluon.

plural of color-octet

Alternative spelling of octet

(rare) Alternative spelling of octet

plural of octette

plural of octett

(physics) A color singlet bound state of color-octet scalars.