octa

octa
The quantum of clouding with the total sky divided into eight octas. Four octas will mean that half of the sky is covered with clouds. Another similar system divides the sky into ten parts, and each of these parts is called a deca. Octa is sometimes spelled okta. See cloud amount.

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  • Octa- — Oc ta A prefix meaning eight. See {Octo }. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • octa- — v. otta …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • octa- — sometimes octo , before vowels oct , word forming element meaning eight, from Gk. okta , okt , from PIE *okto(u) eight (see EIGHT (Cf. eight)) …   Etymology dictionary

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