suboctuple

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ octuple.

Adjective

suboctuple (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Containing one part of eight; in the ratio of one to eight.
   • 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick:

     As one of these under pulleys abates half of that heaviness of the weight, and causes the power to be in a subduple proportion; so two of them abate half of that which remains, and cause a subquadruple proportion, three a sextuple, four a suboctuple.