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Octet vs Coloron - What's the difference?

octet | coloron |

As nouns the difference between octet and coloron

is that octet is a group or set of eight of something while coloron is (physics) a massive gauge boson that is a color-octet resonance.

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 ----

    coloron

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) A massive gauge boson that is a color-octet resonance