octal

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From oct- +‎ -al.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒk.təl/

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octal (countable and uncountable, plural octals) (abbreviated oct)

1. (arithmetic, computing, uncountable) The number system that uses the eight digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
2. (arithmetic, computing, countable) A digit or value in the octal number system.

• (system): base 8, octonary (not used in computing)

octal (not comparable)

1. (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in octal or mathematical calculations performed using octal.

• base-8

• base
• binary
• decimal
• hexadecimal

• actol, lacto-, tlaco

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia)
• Rhymes: -al

octal m or f (masculine and feminine plural octals)

1. octal

octal m (plural octals)

1. octal

• “octal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “octal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

• IPA^(key): /ɔk.tal/

octal (feminine octale, masculine plural octaux, feminine plural octales)

1. octal

• “octal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: oc‧tal

octal m or f (plural octais)

1. octal

Borrowed from French octale.

• IPA^(key): /okˈtal/

octal m or n (feminine singular octală, masculine plural octali, feminine and neuter plural octale)

1. octal

• “octal”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• IPA^(key): /oɡˈtal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: oc‧tal

octal m or f (masculine and feminine plural octales)

1. octal

• “octal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 10 December 2024