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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a quantivalence of eight; octad.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with, exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; -- said of certain atoms or radicals.

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  • adjective chemistry having a valence of 8

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octa- +‎ valent

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