Octet

Octet may refer to:

Music

• Octet (music), ensemble consisting of eight instruments or voices, or composition written for such an ensemble
• Octet (Beethoven), 1793 composition by Ludwig van Beethoven
• Octet (Mendelssohn), 1825 composition by Felix Mendelssohn
• Octet (Reich), 1979 composition by Steve Reich
• Octet (Schubert), 1824 composition by Franz Schubert
• Octet (Stravinsky), 1923 composition by Igor Stravinsky
• String octet
• Violin octet

Dance

• Octet (Christensen), 1958 ballet by Willam Christensen
• Octet (Martins), 2003 ballet by Peter Martins

Science

• Octet (computing), a grouping of eight bits
• Octet rule, chemical theory stating that atoms tend to combine so they each have eight valence electrons
• Octet stream, alternative name for byte stream
• Octet truss, type of space frame

See also

• 8 (disambiguation)
• Eightfold Way (physics), theory organizing subatomic baryons and mesons into octets
• Octal, base-8 number system
• Octave (poetry)
• Octetra, sculpture by Isamu Noguchi
• Okta, meteorological unit of measurement of cloud cover in terms of how many eighths of the sky are covered in cloud.