2. Adjective. Proceeding by intervals of eight. ¹
3. Adjective. Octonary; expressed in base-8; octal, octonal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Octaval
1. octave [adj] - See also: octave
Lexicographical Neighbors of Octaval
Literary usage of Octaval
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1860)
"It will be observed that, in Mr. Jefferson's system, adopted in 1785, there was
no provision for half and quarter dollars, which belong to the octaval ..."
2. The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal by Yorkshire Archaeological Society (1879)
"Thus far all the dials we have had occasion to notice belong to the octaval system
of time reckoning. We now come to consider another, very remarkable, ..."
3. The Book of Sun-dials by Alfred Gatty, H. K. F. Eden, Eleanor Lloyd (1900)
"I. The octaval system, a division of day-night into sixteen and thirty-two ...
V. The combination of the Greek and Latin hours with the octaval division. ..."
4. The Book of Sun-dials: Originally Compiled by the Late Mrs. Alfred Gatty by Lewis Evans (1900)
"I. The octaval system, a division of day-night into sixteen and thirty-two parts,
... The octaval system is of very ancient origin. We find in Job, xxiii. ..."
5. Report and Transactions (1863)
"The octaval system is almost universally adopted in practice, "a perpetual ...
octaval arithmetic requires only 64 combinations, whilst the decimal has 100; ..."
6. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of (1864)
"The octaval system is almost universally adopted in practice, "a perpetual ...
octaval arithmetic requires only 64 combinations, whilst the decimal has 100; ..."
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