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8 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 8 or eight may also refer to:


Years

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AD 8 AD 8 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Camillus and Quinctilianus (or, less frequently, 761 Ab urbe condita). The ...
, the eighth year of the AD era *
8 BC __NOTOC__ Year 8 BC was either a common year starting on Friday or Saturday or a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a ...
, the eighth year before the AD era


Art

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The Eight (Ashcan School) Robert Henri (; June 24, 1865 – July 12, 1929) was an American painter and teacher. As a young man, he studied in Paris, where he identified strongly with the Impressionists, and determined to lead an even more dramatic revolt against A ...
, a group of twentieth century painters associated with the Ashcan School *
The Eight (painters) The Eight (''A Nyolcak'' in Hungarian language) was an avant-garde art movement of Hungarian painters active mostly in Budapest from 1909 to 1918. They were connected to Post-Impressionism and radical movements in literature and music as well, ...
, an avant-garde art movement of Hungarian painters


Motor vehicles

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Bentley Eight The Eight was Bentley's "entry-level" offering from 1984 until 1992. Distinguished mainly by a wire-mesh grille radiator instead of vertical slats, the Eight also had somewhat less equipment than the similar Mulsanne on which it was based. This ...
, Bentley's "entry-level" offering from 1984 until 1992 *
Leyland Eight The Leyland Eight was a luxury car produced by Leyland Motors from 1920 to 1923. The car was designed by the chief engineer of Leyland Motors, J.G. Parry-Thomas and his assistant Reid Railton, and was intended to be the finest car available. I ...
, a luxury car produced by Leyland Motors from 1920 to 1923 *
Mercury Eight The Mercury Eight is an automobile that was marketed by the Mercury division of Ford between 1939 and 1951. The debut model line of the Mercury division, Ford slotted the full-size Mercury Eight between the Ford Deluxe (later Custom) model line ...
, a first Post War Mercury car design *
Morris Eight The Morris Eight is a small family car produced by Morris Motors from 1935 to 1948. It was inspired by the sales popularity of the Ford Model Y, styling of which the Eight closely followed. The success of the car enabled Morris to regain its posi ...
, a small car inspired by the Ford Model Y *
Standard Eight The Standard Eight is a small car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1938 to 1959. The car was originally launched in 1938 as the Flying Eight. After the Second World War the Flying range of Standards was dropped but an update ...
, a small car produced by Standard Motor Company 1938–59 *
Wolseley Eight The Wolseley Eight is a four door, light saloon car which was produced by Wolseley Motors from 1946 until 1948. It was based on the Morris Eight Series E and also shared many body panels with the MG Y-type. At the time it was said to be Lord Nu ...
, a four-door, light saloon car produced by Wolseley Motors Limited from 1946 to 1948 *
Straight eight The straight-eight engine (also referred to as an inline-eight engine; abbreviated I8 or L8) is a piston engine with eight cylinders arranged in a straight line along the crankshaft. The number of cylinders and perfect primary and secondary engi ...
, automobile engine *
Eight cylinder The engine configuration describes the fundamental operating principles by which internal combustion engines are categorized. Piston engines are often categorized by their cylinder layout, valves and camshafts. Wankel engines are often categorize ...
, automobile engine


Sports

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Eight (rowing) An eight is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing (crew). It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or "cox". Each of the eight rowers has one oar. The rowers, who sit in ...
, rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing *
Figure 8 (belay device) The figure 8 belay device is a piece of metal (usually an aluminum alloy) in the shape of an 8 with one large end and one small end. Usage This device utilizes a large surface area in contact with a climbing rope to provide sufficient friction ...
, rock climbing equipment also known as an "eight"


Transportation

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8 (New York City Subway service) 8 was a designation given to two New York City Subway services. It was first used by the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation for its Astoria Line from 1917 to 1949. The ex-Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) Third Avenue El subsequen ...
, designation given to several IRT services *
8 (Los Angeles Railway) 8 was a streetcar line in Los Angeles, California. It was operated by the Los Angeles Railway from 1932 to 1955. History In 1932 the M line was split up into several distinct services — the Moneta Avenue branch became the basis of the ne ...
, a line operated by the Los Angeles Railway *
Eighth Avenue (Brooklyn) Eighth Avenue is a major street in Brooklyn, New York City. It was formerly an enclave for Norwegians and Norwegian-Americans, who have recently become a minority in the area among the current residents, which include new immigrant colonies, amon ...
, a major street in Brooklyn, New York City *
Eighth Avenue (Manhattan) Eighth Avenue is a major north–south avenue on the west side of Manhattan in New York City, carrying northbound traffic below 59th Street. It is one of the original avenues of the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 to run the length of Manhattan, ...
, a major avenue in Manhattan, New York City *
List of highways numbered 8 The following highways are numbered 8. For roads numbered A8, see list of A8 roads. For roads numbered N8, see list of N8 roads. Route 8, or Highway 8, may refer to: International * Asian Highway 8 * European route E08 * European route E008 ...
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List of public transport routes numbered 8 In public transport, Route 8 may refer to: *Route 8 (MTA Maryland), a bus route in Baltimore, Maryland and its suburbs * Barcelona Metro line 8 *Line 8 (Madrid Metro) *NWFB Route 8, a bus route in Hong Kong *London Buses route 8 *Seoul Subway Line ...


Film, TV, and theatre

* ''8'' (2008 film), an anthology of eight short films *'' 8: The Mormon Proposition'', a 2010 American documentary film * ''8'' (upcoming film), an upcoming Indian Tamil film * ''Eight'' (1998 film), a British short film directed by Stephen Daldry *
Channel 8 (disambiguation) Channel 8 or TV 8 may refer to Television networks, channels and stations * Channel 8 (Israel), a television channel in Israel; see List of television channels in Israel * Channel 8 (Singaporean TV channel), a Chinese-language television channel in ...
, several television stations * ''8'' (play), a 2011 play about California's Proposition 8 by Dustin Lance Black * ''Eight'' (play), the first play written by Ella Hickson


Literature

* ''The Eight'' (novel), an American author Katherine Neville's first novel


Music

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Eight (Japanese band) Eight (sometimes typeset as √eight or THE EIGHT) was a Japanese visual kei rock band from Hokkaido. They were formed in 2004 by Nachi and Kyotaro after Nachi's previous band Werkmare had disbanded. The band used to be signed to Nachi's own labe ...
, a Japanese metal band *
Eight (Korean band) 8Eight () is a South Korean co-ed vocal trio group consisting of Baek Chan, Lee Hyun, and Joo Hee. On December 21, 2014, Baek Chan and Joo Hee's contracts with Big Hit Entertainment and Source Music expired and the group became temporarily disban ...
, stylized as 8Eight, a South Korean pop group


Albums

* ''8'' (Anggun album), 2017 * ''8'' (Arvingarna album), 2005 * ''8'' (Do As Infinity video), a 2004 video album * ''8'' (Gian Marco Zignago album), 2006 * ''8'' (Hunter EP), 2009 * ''8'' (Incubus album), 2017 * ''8'' (J. J. Cale album), 1983 * ''8'' (Kekal album), 2011 * ''8'' (Luis Fonsi album), 2014 * ''8'' (Statik Selektah album), 2017 * ''Eight'' (Do As Infinity album), 2011 * ''Eight'' (New Model Army album), 2000 * ''Ei8ht'' (album), a 2012 album by Nik Kershaw *''8'' (2008), an album by
Bo Kaspers Orkester Bo Kaspers Orkester is a Swedish pop-rock band with strong influences of jazz, formed in 1991. Consist of Bo Sundström, Fredrik Dahl, Michael Malmgren and Mats Schubert and won a Grammis award in 1998 for ''artist of the year''. Discography Alb ...


Songs

*"8 Ball" by
Herb Alpert Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have landed on the ...
, 1985 *"Eight", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''
Wild, Wonderful Purgatory ''Wild, Wonderful Purgatory'' is the second studio album by stoner rock band Karma to Burn. The album was released on May 31, 1999 (Europe) by Roadrunner UK, and July 7, 1999 (North America) by MIA Records. The album was reissued on March 18, 20 ...
'', 1999 *"8" by
Billie Eilish Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell ( ; born December 18, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single " Ocean Eyes", written and produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell, with whom ...
, 2019 *"
Eight (song) "Eight" (Korean: 에잇; ''eit'') (stylized in all lowercase) is a song recorded by South Korean singer-songwriter IU featuring Suga, a rapper of South Korean boy band BTS. It was released as a digital single on May 6, 2020 by EDAM Entertainmen ...
" by IU featuring Suga, 2020


Typography

*8, the X-SAMPA symbol for the
close-mid central rounded vowel The close-mid central rounded vowel, or high-mid central rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , a lowercase Ɵ, barred letter o. The character ɵ has been use ...
, equivalent to the IPA symbol *8, a common substitute for the ou-ligature ȣ *8, a letter in the
Old Italic script The Old Italic scripts are a family of similar ancient writing systems used in the Italian Peninsula between about 700 and 100 BC, for various languages spoken in that time and place. The most notable member is the Etruscan alphabet, which ...
(𐌚) with the value /f/


Other uses

*8, numerical symbol for the month of
August August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...
*8, the number used on a
seven-segment display A seven-segment display is a form of electronic display device for displaying decimal numerals that is an alternative to the more complex dot matrix displays. Seven-segment displays are widely used in digital clocks, electronic meters, basic ...
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Windows 8 Windows 8 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was Software release life cycle#Release to manufacturing (RTM), released to manufacturing on August 1, 2012; it was subsequently made available for downl ...
, an operating system by Microsoft *
Eight, West Virginia Eight was an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. The Eight post office closed in 1936. See also * List of places with numeric names This is a list of places with numeric names. 0 * :nl:N ...
, an unincorporated community


See also

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Eighth (disambiguation) Eighth is ordinal form of the number eight. Eighth may refer to: * One eighth, or ⅛, a fraction, one of eight equal parts of a whole * Eighth note (quaver), a musical note played for half the value of a quarter note (crotchet) * Octave, an inte ...
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Number Eight (disambiguation) Number Eight may refer to: * 8 (number), the natural number * ''8'' (J.J. Cale album) by the American singer-songwriter and musician * Number 8, Pershore, community arts centre in England, United Kingdom * Number Eight (''Battlestar Galactica'' ...
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Eights (disambiguation) Eights may refer to: * James Eights (1798–1882), American physician, scientist, and artist * Eights Coast, portion of the coast of West Antarctica * Eights Station, American research station in Antarctica, operated from 1963 to 1965 * Crazy Eight ...
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08 (disambiguation) 1 year may refer to: *2008, the year, or any year ending with 08 *August, the month *8 (number) *40, the telephone area code for Stockholm *08, the number of the French department Ardennes *08, the area code for Oulu, Finland *The telephone area c ...
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8 Mile (disambiguation) Eight Mile, Eightmile, or 8 Mile may refer to: Media * ''8 Mile'' (film), a 2002 American film starring rapper Eminem, named after the street in Detroit, Michigan * ''8 Mile'' (soundtrack), rap soundtrack album to the film of the same name, featu ...
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8S (disambiguation) 8S or 8-S may refer to: *Crazy Eights, a card game * Crazy 8s (band), an American band *''Local on the 8s'', a regularly scheduled local weather forecast segment *8S, IATA airline code for Scorpio Aviation See also *''8 Seconds'', film about Amer ...
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8tv (disambiguation) ''8tv'' is a common name for television networks and channels. It may refer to: * 8TV (Catalonia) in Catalonia, Spain *8TV (Malaysian TV network) in Malaysia *8TV (Poland) in Poland *WISH-TV WISH-TV (channel 8) is a television station in India ...
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1/8 (disambiguation) 1/8 or or ⅛ may refer to: * January 8 (month-day date notation) * 1 August (day-month date notation) *the Fraction one eighth, 0.125 in decimal, and 12.5% in percentage *1st Battalion, 8th Marines *1s. 8d. i.e. 1 shilling and 8 (old) pence in ...
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Octet (disambiguation) Octet may refer to: Music * 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 compos ...
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V8 (disambiguation) A V8 is an engine with eight cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders. V8 may also refer to: Computers * V8 (JavaScript engine), an open-source JavaScript engine * V.8, an List of ITU-T V-Series Recommendations, ITU-T rec ...
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The 8th (disambiguation) The 8th or The Eighth may refer to: * ''The 8th'' (Doc Walker album), 2014 * ''The 8th'' (Paul Heaton album), 2012 * ''The 8th'' (film), 2020 Irish film * ''The Eighth'' (album), by Cecil Taylor, 1981 *The Eighth (United States), a former U.S. holi ...
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Figure 8 (disambiguation) Figure 8 (figure of 8 in British English) may refer to: * 8 (number), in Arabic numerals Entertainment * ''Figure 8'' (album), a 2000 album by Elliott Smith * "Figure of Eight" (song), a 1989 song by Paul McCartney * '' Figure Eight EP'', a ...
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Infinity symbol The infinity symbol (\infty) is a mathematical symbol representing the concept of infinity. This symbol is also called a lemniscate, after the lemniscate curves of a similar shape studied in algebraic geometry, or "lazy eight", in the terminol ...
, ∞, a mathematical symbol *
Lemniscate In algebraic geometry, a lemniscate is any of several figure-eight or -shaped curves. The word comes from the Latin "''lēmniscātus''" meaning "decorated with ribbons", from the Greek λημνίσκος meaning "ribbons",. or which alternativel ...
, a figure-eight-shaped curve * {{number disambiguation