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Octet vs Duplet - What's the difference?

octet | duplet |

In lang=en terms the difference between octet and duplet

is that octet is a composition for such a group of musicians while duplet is a tuplet of two notes.

As nouns the difference between octet and duplet

is that octet is a group or set of eight of something while duplet is an empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.

octet

English

(wikipedia octet)

Alternative forms

* octett (rare), octette

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group or set of eight of something.
  • (music) A group of eight musicians performing together.
    • An octet of waiters sang her "Happy Birthday".
  • (music) A composition for such a group of musicians.
  • (computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
  • (computing, rare) A group of three bits, representing eight possible values.
  • * 2003 , Nitesh Dhanjani, Linux and UNIX security portable reference
    • This is done by breaking down each set of permissions (user, group, and other) to represent an octet .

    Synonyms

    * (group of eight ): octuplet, ogdoad (rare) * (computing: 8-bit byte ): byte

    Derived terms

    * octet rule

    Related terms

    * octa- * octuple

    See also

    * duet * nonet * quartet * quintet * septet * sextet * solo * trio ----

    duplet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (beekeeping, archaic) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.
  • (music) A tuplet of two notes.

    • Synonyms

    * super