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octave
[ ok-tiv, -teyv ]
noun
- Music.
- a tone on the eighth degree from a given tone.
- the interval encompassed by such tones.
- the harmonic combination of such tones.
- a series of tones, or of keys of an instrument, extending through this interval.
- a pipe-organ stop whose pipes give tones an octave above the normal pitch of the keys used.
- a series or group of eight.
- Also called octet. Prosody.
- a group of eight lines of verse, especially the first eight lines of a sonnet in the Italian form. Compare sestet ( def 1 ).
- a stanza of eight lines.
- the eighth of a series.
- Ecclesiastical.
- the eighth day from a feast day, counting the feast day as the first.
- the period of eight days beginning with a feast day.
- one eighth of a pipe of wine.
- Fencing. the eighth of eight defensive positions.
adjective
- pitched an octave higher.
octave
/ ˈɒktɪv /
noun
- the interval between two musical notes one of which has twice the pitch of the other and lies eight notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
- one of these two notes, esp the one of higher pitch
- prosody a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse
- ˈɒkteɪv
- a feast day and the seven days following
- the final day of this period
- the eighth of eight basic positions in fencing
- any set or series of eight
adjective
- consisting of eight parts
octave
- An interval between musical notes in which the higher note is six whole tones , or twelve half tones, above the lower. From the standpoint of physics , the higher note has twice the frequency of the lower. Notes that are an octave apart, or a whole number of octaves apart, sound in some ways like the same note and have the same letter for their names.
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Other Words From
- oc·ta·val [ok-, tey, -v, uh, l, ok, -t, uh, -], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of octave1
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Example Sentences
His three-octave falsetto was also used to good advantage in Mars Attacks!
I played up one octave, and then I wished to go on by placing my first finger on F sharp.
An octave coupler without such extension is incomplete and is no more honest than a stop which only goes down to Tenor C.
Not only did he provide sub-octave and super-octave couplers freely, but he even added a Swell Sub-quint to Great coupler!
Closing the holes again and blowing harder, we get the scale an octave higher.
If two notes at an interval of a fifth are held down, a note one octave below the lower one will be heard.
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