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octave
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oc·tave
/ ˈäktəv; ˈäkˌtāv/
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n.
1.
Mus.
a series of eight notes occupying the interval between (and including) two notes, one having twice or half the frequency of vibration of the other.
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the interval between these two notes.
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each of the two notes at the extremes of this interval.
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these two notes sounding together.
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a poem or stanza of eight lines; an octet.
3.
the eighth day after a church festival, inclusive of the day of the festival.
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a period of eight days beginning with the day of such a festival.
4.
Fencing
the last of eight standard parrying positions.
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Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
octaves graves, octaves aiguës . In Fr. org. mus. mean, respectively, the sub- and super-octave couplers.
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