Octet may refer to:

==Music==<!--mostly non italic-->

  • Octet (music), ensemble consisting of eight instruments or voices, or composition written for such an ensemble
  • String octet, a piece of music written for eight string instruments
  • Octet (Mendelssohn), 1825 composition by Felix Mendelssohn
  • Octet (Bruch), 1920 composition by Max Bruch
  • Octet (Beethoven), 1793 composition by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Octet (Lachner), 1850 composition by Franz Lachner
  • Octet (Reich),<!--italic--> 1979 composition by Steve Reich
  • Octet (Reinecke),1892 composition by Carl Reinicke
  • Octet (Schubert), 1824 composition by Franz Schubert
  • Octet (Stravinsky), 1923 composition by Igor Stravinsky
  • Violin octet, a family of stringed instruments
  • Octet (musical), a musical by Dave Malloy
  • Octet (film), an upcoming musical film directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Ballet

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

Science and technology

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

See also

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