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Octa- is a Greek (language) prefix meaning eight. The Latin equivalent is octo-.
Some examples.
- In computers, Octal is a three bit numeric representation of the eight numbers zero through seven.
- An octagon has 8 sides.
- An octahedron is a 3-D figure with 8 triangular faces.
- Octane is a hydrocarbon with 8 carbon atoms.
- Octarine is the eighth color of the spectrum in a fictional story.
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