OCTAL NOTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does octal notation mean? 

• OCTAL NOTATION (noun)
  The noun OCTAL NOTATION has 1 sense:

1. any mathematical notation that uses 8 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 7)

  Familiarity information: OCTAL NOTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCTAL NOTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any mathematical notation that uses 8 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 7)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("octal notation" is a kind of...):

mathematical notation (a notation used by mathematicians)