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noun
1.
Music.
a.
a tone on the eighth degree from a given tone.
b.
the interval encompassed by such tones.
c.
the harmonic combination of such tones.
d.
a series of tones, or of keys of an instrument, extending through this interval.
2.
a pipe-organ stop whose pipes give tones an octave above the normal pitch of the keys used.
3.
a series or group of eight.
4.
5.
EXPANDthe eighth of a series.
6.
Ecclesiastical.
a.
the eighth day from a feast day, counting the feast day as the first.
b.
the period of eight days beginning with a feast day.
7.
one eighth of a pipe of wine.
8.
COLLAPSEFencing. the eighth of eight defensive positions.
adjective
9.
pitched an octave higher.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Latin octāva eighth part, noun use of feminine of octāvus, equivalent to oct- oct- + -āvus adj. suffix
1300–50; Middle English < Latin octāva eighth part, noun use of feminine of octāvus, equivalent to oct- oct- + -āvus adj. suffix
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