Octave

['ɒktɪv] or ['ɑktɪv]

Definition

(noun.) a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse.

(noun.) a musical interval of eight tones.

(noun.) a feast day and the seven days following it.

Typed by Edmund--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.

(n.) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.

(n.) The whole diatonic scale itself.

(n.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.

(n.) A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.

(a.) Consisting of eight; eight.

Inputed by Evelyn

Definition

adj. eight: consisting of eight.—n. an eighth: that which consists of eight: the eighth day after a church festival counting the feast-day itself as the first: the period between a festival and its octave: (mus.) an eighth or an interval of twelve semitones: the eighth part of a pipe of wine.

Inputed by Deborah

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