oct

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A form of octal — The number system that uses the eight digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

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October
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Meanings

oct1

nounoct (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinformaluncountablecomputingAbbreviation of octal.

Oct2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of October.

OCT3

nounOCT (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of optical coherence tomography: an optical signal acquisition and processing method that captures high-resolution three-dimensional images from biological tissues.
proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Oct (“October”).
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Oxford Classical Texts.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe month following September and preceding November

Similar
October
Broader
Gregorian calendar month
Also see
ococtober

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Short for octal.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans Okt.
  • Okt.abbreviation of October
Basque urr.
  • urr.abbreviation of October
Bengali অক্টো
  • অক্টো (okṭō)abbreviation of October
Bulgarian окт, окт.
  • окт (okt)abbreviation of October
  • окт. (okt.)abbreviation of October
Catalan oct.
  • oct.abbreviation of October
Czech říj
  • říjabbreviation of October
Danish okt.
  • okt.abbreviation of October
Dutch okt
  • oktabbreviation of October
Estonian okt
  • oktabbreviation of October
Finnish loka, lokak.
  • lokaabbreviation of October
  • lokak.abbreviation of October
French oct.
  • oct.abbreviation of October
German Okt.
  • Okt.abbreviation of October
Greek Οκτ
  • Οκτ (Okt)abbreviation of October
Hebrew אוק׳
  • אוק׳ (ok.)abbreviation of October
Hindi अक्टू॰
  • अक्टू॰ (akṭū.)abbreviation of October
Hungarian okt.
  • okt.abbreviation of October
Icelandic okt.
  • okt.abbreviation of October
Indonesian Okt
  • Oktabbreviation of October
Italian ott., ott
  • ott.abbreviation of October
  • ottabbreviation of October
Latvian okt.
  • okt.abbreviation of October
Lithuanian spal.
  • spal.abbreviation of October
Malay Okt
  • Oktabbreviation of October
Norwegian Bokmål okt.
  • okt.abbreviation of October
Polish paź
  • paźabbreviation of October
Portuguese out.
  • out.abbreviation of October
Punjabi ਅਕਤੂ
  • ਅਕਤੂ (akatū)abbreviation of October
Romanian oct.
  • oct.abbreviation of October
Russian окт.
  • окт. (okt.)abbreviation of October
Scottish Gaelic Dàmh
  • Dàmhabbreviation of October
Slovak okt, okt.
  • oktabbreviation of October
  • okt.abbreviation of October
Spanish oct., oct
  • oct.abbreviation of October
  • octabbreviation of October
Swahili Okt
  • Oktabbreviation of October
Swedish okt., okt
  • okt.abbreviation of October
  • oktabbreviation of October
Tagalog Okt., Okt
  • Okt.abbreviation of October
  • Oktabbreviation of October
Tamil அக்.
  • அக். (ak.)abbreviation of October
Thai ต.ค.
  • ต.ค. (dtɔɔ.kɔɔ.)abbreviation of October
Turkish Eki
  • Ekiabbreviation of October
Ukrainian жовт.
  • жовт. (žovt.)abbreviation of October
Welsh Hyd
  • Hydabbreviation of October

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

oct. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oct

MLA

“oct.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oct. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oct,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oct.

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