eightfold

Thân thiện

The origami artist creates an eightfold symmetrical design.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having eight units or components: Consisting of eight parts, elements, or members; multiplied by eight.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The company reported an eightfold increase in profits over the last quarter.
  • The complex structure is supported by an eightfold arrangement of beams.
  • She folded the paper into an eightfold shape to create the origami base.

Advanced Usage

• "eightfold path": In Buddhism, this is a core principle outlining the path to the end of suffering. It consists of eight practices.
  • Meditation is one aspect of the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path.
• Used to describe a multiplication or increase by a factor of eight.
  • The population of the town grew eightfold in fifty years.

Variants and Related Words

• Eight (n, adj): The cardinal number equivalent to the sum of seven and one.
  • There are eight slices in the pizza.
• Eightfold (adv): By a factor of eight; eight times as much.
  • Production capacity expanded eightfold. (Note: This adverbial use is derived from the adjective.)

Synonyms

• Octuple: Consisting of eight parts or things.
• Eight-part: Having eight parts.

Notes on Usage

• The word "eightfold" is primarily used as an adjective. Its adverbial use (e.g., "increased eightfold") is common but is considered a flat adverb, meaning it has the same form as the adjective.
• It is often used in technical, statistical, or descriptive contexts to indicate multiplicity or a complex structure with eight similar components.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having eight units or components

Từ đồng nghĩa

• octuple
• eight-fold