Defn: See Ochrea.

OCREATE; OCREATED
O"cre*ate, O"cre*a"ted, a. Etym: [See Ochrea.]

Defn: Same as Ochreate, Ochreated.

OCTA-
Oc"ta-.

Defn: A prefix meaning eight. See Octo-.

OCTACHORD
Oc"ta*chord, n. Etym: [Gr. octacorde.] (Mus.)

Defn: An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones. [Also written octochord.]

OCTAD
Oc"tad, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)

Defn: An atom or radical which has a valence of eight, or is octavalent.

OCTAEDRAL
Oc`ta*e"dral, a.