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Oct

Oct

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A short form for the month of October
  • proper noun
translation icon : octubre
  • Superfluid helium interferometers, Y. Sato, R. Packard (ART) OCT 31 #

Examples

  • Early telephone credit claims, R. Molteni; P. Boucher (FOR) OCT 9 #

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  • Obama and Romney agree on support for basic research, but little else (IE) OCT 22.

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  • The film makers showed me the movie in Oct, I believe my memory serves, October.

  • Earth's natural quasicrystals came from outer space (UP) OCT 21 # Department of Defense #

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  • Questioning mantle plumes, D. L. Anderson (FOR) OCT 10 #

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  • Reading to the end of the last glacial epoch, J. Harte (FOR) OCT 13 #

    Academic text (2012)

  • Answers: In memory of Niels Bohr, N. Pasachoff (FOR) OCT 13 #

    Academic text (2012)

  • Alexander Friedmann and the origins of modern cosmology, A. Belenkiy (ART) OCT 38

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  • Marietta Blau in the history of cosmic rays, R. L. Sime; P. Carlson (FOR) OCT 8.

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  • The conference is scheduled for Oct 15 at the downtown venue.

Synonyms

October
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The tenth month of the year, after September and before November

is the shortened written form used instead of the full name

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Oct is short for October and comes from the Latin root octo, which means 'eight', just like octagon and octopus that have eight parts. The month was the eighth in an old Roman calendar, so the name kept the 'oct' even though October is now the tenth month.