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   octet

   /ɒkˈtɛt/

   noun

   • 1. a group of eight people or things.
   • ▪ a group of eight musicians.
   • ▪ a musical composition for eight voices or instruments.
   • ▪ the first eight lines of a sonnet.
   • ▪ a stable group of eight electrons occupying a single shell in an atom.

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from Italian ottetto or German Oktett, on the pattern of duet and quartet.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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