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Meaning
Noun
●
In Music:
An
interval
of
twelve
semitones
spanning
eight
degrees
of the
diatonic scale
,
representing
a
doubling
or
halving
in
pitch
frequency.
●
In Music:
The
pitch
an
octave
higher than a given
pitch
.
●
In 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)
●
In Poetry:
A
poetic
stanza
consisting of
eight
lines
; usually used
as one
part of a sonnet.
●
In Fencing:
The
eighth
defensive
position
, with the
sword hand
held
at
waist
height
, and the
tip
of the
sword
out
straight
at
knee
level.
●
In Christianity:
The day that is one week after a
feast day
in the Latin
rite
of the Catholic Church.
●
In Christianity:
An eight-day
period
beginning
on a
feast day
in the Latin
rite
of the Catholic Church.
●
In Mathematics:
An octonion.
●
In Signal processing:
Any of
a number of
coherent-noise
functions
of
differing
frequency
that are
added
together to form Perlin noise.
●
In Astrology:
The
subjective
vibration
of a planet.
Verb
●
Alternative form of octavate
Adj
●
In Eight:
Consisting of
eight
;
eight
in number.
Sourced from
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Origin
octave
English
octavus
Latin
octo
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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