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octave

(music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.
(music) The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.
(music) A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of the key pressed (cf sub-octave)
(poetry) A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet.
(fencing) The eighth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword out straight at knee level.
(Christianity) The day that is one week after a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
(Christianity) An eight-day period beginning on a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
A small cask of wine, one eighth of a pipe.
(astrology) the subjectional vibration of a planet
Synonyms:

“Mozart's Sonata in C Major begins with a soaring octave played on the piano, demonstrating the full range of the instrument.”

octavation

(music) Transposition by an octave.
(rare) Normalization of a numerical ratio by repeated multiplication or division by 2.
(astrology, rare) The relationship between two planets that are distant from each other by one eighth of a great circle (45.625 degrees)
(mathematics) Conversion (of the expression of a number) from denary to octal notation.

octal

(computing) The number system that uses the eight digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
(computing) A digit or value in the octal number system.
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octalogy

(rare) A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.

octaving

An audio effect in which a signal is combined with another version of itself that is an octave higher or lower.

octaviation

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“On Oct. 26, 1948, a temperature inversion laid a blanket of cold, stagnant air over Donora, Pa., a tiny mill town on the Monongahela River.”

“For security reasons, he has decided to stretch the ballot across four polling days, ending Oct. 10, and he's bringing in 44,000 troops.”

“The company will launch its new version, AOL 8.0, on Oct. 15 with a splashy New York party featuring Alanis Morissette for 2,000 AOL members.”

octaviations

octavations

octaves

“His scale organizes the notes into octaves, with sharps and flats in between.”

“The monks' chanting is heard as a deep growling sound, which is the result of producing three octaves simultaneously.”

“Bees and butterflies can see ultraviolet rays, and bats and porpoises can hear sounds two octaves beyond our range.”

octals

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