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Definition of Octave
1. Noun. A feast day and the seven days following it.
2. Noun. A musical interval of eight tones.
3. Noun. A rhythmic group of eight lines of verse.
Definition of Octave
1. n. The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.
2. a. Consisting of eight; eight.
Definition of Octave
1. Noun. (music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch. ¹
2. Noun. (music) The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch. ¹
3. Noun. (poetry) A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet. ¹
4. Noun. (fencing) The eighth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword out straight at knee level. ¹
5. Noun. (Christianity) The day that is one week after a feast day in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church. ¹
6. Noun. (Christianity) An eight day period beginning on a feast day in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church. ¹
7. Adjective. (obsolete) Consisting of eight; eight in number. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Octave
1. a type of musical interval [n -S] : OCTAVAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Octave
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