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Ictal vs Octal - What's the difference?

ictal | octal |

As adjectives the difference between ictal and octal

is that ictal is (medicine) of or pertaining to a sudden physiologic attack such as a seizure, stroke or headache while octal is (arithmetic|computing) concerning numbers expressed in octal or mathematical calculations performed using octal.

As a noun octal is

(arithmetic|computing|uncountable) the number system that uses the eight digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

ictal

English

Adjective

(wikipedia ictal) (-)
  • (medicine) Of or pertaining to a sudden physiologic attack such as a seizure, stroke or headache.
  • The patient was in an ictal state.

    Derived terms

    * preictal * interictal * postictal * ictally

    Anagrams

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    octal

    English

    (wikipedia octal)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (arithmetic, computing, uncountable) The number system that uses the eight digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
  • Synonyms

    * (system) base 8, octonary (not used in computing )

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in octal or mathematical calculations performed using octal.
  • Synonyms

    * base-8

    See also

    * base * binary * decimal * hexadecimal

    Anagrams

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