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[ey-tee] /ˈeɪ ti/ noun, plural eighties. 1. a cardinal number, ten times eight. 2. a symbol for this number, as 80 or LXXX. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. eighties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 80 through 89, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of […]
- Eightieth
[ey-tee-ith] /ˈeɪ ti ɪθ/ adjective 1. next after the seventy-ninth; being the ordinal number for 80. 2. being one of 80 equal parts. noun 3. an eightieth part, especially of one (1/80). 4. the eightieth member of a series. /ˈeɪtɪɪθ/ adjective 1. (usually prenominal) noun 2. 3. the fraction equal to one divided by 80 […]
- Eightpenny
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- Eight queens problem
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- Eight queens puzzle
algorithm A puzzle in which one has to place eight queens on a chessboard such that no queen is attacking any other, i.e. no two queens occupy the same row, column or diagonal. One may have to produce all possible such configurations or just one. It is a common students assignment to devise a program […]