Definition of Eighths

1. Noun. (plural of eighth) ¹

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Definition of Eighths

1. eighth [n] - See also: eighth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eighths

eighter from Decatur
eightfold
eightfold way
eightfoldness
eighth
eighth cranial nerve
eighth grade
eighth grades
eighth nerve
eighth nerve tumour
eighth note
eighth notes
eighth rest
eighth rests
eighthly
eighths (current term)
eighties
eightieth
eightieths
eightish
eightlike
eightling
eightlings
eightness
eightpence
eightpences
eightpenny
eightpenny nail
eightplex
eightplexes

Literary usage of Eighths

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"eed. at the ¡^tail price or value, the sum of ten retail price or value of five cents and shall not f~nts. two eighths of one cent. ..."

2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1860)
"It is pierced with twelve holes of three-eighths of an inch bore. Fig. 422 is a similar cylinder of plumbago, two inches high, pierced with twenty- four ..."

3. Intellectual Arithmetic: Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction by Warren Colburn (1891)
"What is one eighth of eight ? three eighths of eight ? five eighths of eight ? seven ... If you divide anything into eighths, how many parts will there be ? ..."

4. Masterpieces of Murder: An Edmund Pearson True Crime Reader by Edmund Lester Pearson, Gerald Gross (1876)
"Tip of upper mandible to corner of mouth four-eighths of an inch. ... Longest primary extends two-eighths inch beyond end of longest tail ..."

5. First Lessons in Arithmetic: Designed for Beginners by Charles Davies (1844)
"Questions about eighths. 1. How many whole apples are there in eight ... In twenty eighths, how many whole things ? 3. How many whole things are there in ..."

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