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- adjective one more than seven; denoting a quantity consisting of eight items or units; -- representing the number eight as an Arabic numeral.
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- noun The cardinal number
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- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- adjective being one more than seven
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Composite number.
Fibonacci number.
Second magic number in nuclear physics.
The number of planets in our solar system.
Atomic number of oxygen.
Number of legs on an arachnid.
The Dharmachakra has this many spokes.
Number of days Hanukkah lasts.
Number of wealth in Hinduism.
Sounds like 發 (wealth) in Chinese.
2 cubed.
A byte.
One of the cursed numbers on Lost.
September 17, 2008