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English
Etymology
From sub- + octuple.
Adjective
suboctuple (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Containing one part of eight; in the ratio of one to eight.
1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick:As one of these under pulleys abates half of that heaviness of the weight, and causes the power to be in a subduple proportion; so two of them abate half of that which remains, and cause a subquadruple proportion, three a sextuple, four a suboctuple.