Definitions
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- noun meteorology One eighth of the total area of the celestial dome; used as a measure of
cloudiness (one okta means that one eighth of the sky is obscured, two oktas that one quarter is obscured, and so on).
Etymologies
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From octa-.
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Examples
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They were, apparently, ready for seven but it was the surprise eighth baby in a near-historic litter that surprised everyone in a world where okta or okto has long been Greek for eight.
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