What is one of the eight parts into which a space is divided by three coördinate planes called?
octant — (Math. & Crystallog.) One of the eight parts into which a space is divided by three coördinate planes. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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