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n. - The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.

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  • That which many do comment concerning the octonary number of beatitudes hath too much curiosity, and little benefit.
  • Two possible number systems that have, for purely theoretical reasons, attracted much attention, are the octonary and the duodecimal systems.
  • In favour of the octonary system it is urged that 8 is an exact power of 2; or in other words, a large number of repeated halves can be taken with 8 as a starting-point,...
  • If there were any further evidence of the former existence of an Aryan octonary scale, the coincidence would possess a certain degree of significance; but not a shred...
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