Meaning of octopoid | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling an octopus or octopod; octopuslike.
2. Widespread; reaching across or penetrating large distances; controlling many things from a central point.

Examples

“Moving about in experiment or sitting motionless in study were scores of the most hideous Martians they had yet seen—octopoid creature with enormous staring eyes and eight black tentacles.”

“It is also touchingly absurd; its plan even is delightful and absurd in its informality: the Inner Circle, geometrically perfect, half-embraced by the faintly octopoid arms of the lake - both contained lop-sided in the arbitrary perimeter of the ...”

“Barrymore dramatised his own duality by means of a watercolour self-portrait, depicting the so-called 'Great Profile' fused with a hideous, octopoid spider. […]”

“An apish creature shambled with octopoid tentacles upon its shoulders; a human shape bore spider arms. Many of the depraved recombinations were incapable of erect ambulation, having blindly conjoined with limbs of too great disparity […]”

“Further, monopoly is in the octopoid industries the only sensible method of supply, and in many others it brings economies in production, and improvements in the quality and stability of supply, of which it would be a back-handed kindness to deprive the consumer.”

“The fourth convenient grouping of media are the octopoid media of the twentieth century: those whereby the spoken word or pictures can be both reproduced and amplified electronically, thus reaching mass audiences very rapidly and with at least great physical authenticity.”

“This is how an octopoid 'controlled economy' generates a proliferating 'black economy'.”

“A central bank may be regarded as a highly specialized autonomous bureau for monitoring and developing the financial system which is akin to "octopoid," that is, spatially spread, public utility selling prized services to its customers.”

“It is a characteristic of certain industries providing essential services either that the basic size of plant is very large inrelation to the market (gas, electricity), or that an elaborate 'octopoid' system of distribution (by piping, cabling, wiring, railway lines, etc.) involves extremely heavy capital costs.”

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