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What's The Definition Of Octave?
[n] a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse
[n] a musical interval of eight tones [n] a feast day and the seven days following it Synonyms | Synonyms for Octave: musical octave Related Terms | Find terms related to Octave: antistrophe | bassoon | block flute | bombard | book | bourdon | burden | canto | cello | chorus | claribel | clarinet | clarion | concert flute | consecutive intervals | contraoctave | cornet | cornopean | couplet | cromorna | cymbel | degree | diapason | diatessaron | diatonic interval | diatonic semitone | distich | double contraoctave | dulciana | eight | eighter from Decatur | eighth | English horn | enharmonic diesis | enharmonic interval | envoi | epode | fifth | flute stop | foundation stop | four-foot octave | four-line octave | fourniture | fourth | gamba | gedeckt | gemshorn | great octave | half step | halftone | harmonic flute | heptastich | hexastich | hybrid stop | interval | koppel flute | larigot | less semitone | line | measure | melodia | melodic interval | mixture | monostich | mutation stop | nazard | note | oboe | octad | octagon | octahedron | octameter | octastich | octastyle | Octateuch | octavo | octet | octonary | octosyllable | ogdoad | one-line octave | organ stop | ottava | ottava alta | ottava bassa | ottava rima | parallel octaves | pentastich | piccolo | plein jeu | posaune | principal | quatrain | quint | quintaten | rank | ranket | reed stop | refrain | register | rhyme royal | rohr flute | second | semitone | septet | sesquialtera | sestet | seventh | sextet | shawm | sixth | small octave | Spenserian stanza | spitz flute | stanza | stave | step | stop | stopped diapason | stopped flute | strain | string diapason | string stop | strophe | subcontraoctave | syllable | tercet | terza rima | tetrastich | third | tierce | tone | tone row | tremolo | triplet | tristich | trombone | trumpet | twelfth | two-foot octave | two-line octave | unda maris | unison interval | utas | verse | vibrato | viola | voix celeste | vox angelica | vox humana | whole step See Also | church festival | interval | musical interval | religious festival | stanza Octave In Webster's Dictionary \Oc"tave\, n. [F., fr. L. octava an eighth, fr. octavus
eighth, fr. octo eight. See {Eight}, and cf. {Octavo},
{Utas}.]
1. The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day
being included; also, the week following a church
festival. ``The octaves of Easter.'' --Jer. Taylor.
2. (Mus.)
(a) 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.
(b) The whole diatonic scale itself.
Note: The ratio of a musical tone to its octave above is 1:2
as regards the number of vibrations producing the
tones.
3. (Poet.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of
four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
With mournful melody it continued this octave. --Sir
P. Sidney.
{Double octave}. (Mus.) See under {Double}.
{Octave flute} (Mus.), a small flute, the tones of which
range an octave higher than those of the German or
ordinary flute; -- called also {piccolo}. See {Piccolo}.
4. A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
\Oc"tave\, a. Consisting of eight; eight. --Dryden. |
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