OCTAVE
\ˈɒktɪv], \ˈɒktɪv], \ˈɒ_k_t_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of OCTAVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.
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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.
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The whole diatonic scale itself.
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The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
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A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
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Consisting of eight; eight.
By Oddity Software
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The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.
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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.
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The whole diatonic scale itself.
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The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
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A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
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Consisting of eight; eight.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Consisting of eight.
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Having eight leaves to the sheet.
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The eighth day after a church festival; an eighth, or an interval of twelve semitones; a sound eight tones higher than another; a small cask for wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
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A book in which a sheet is folded into eight leaves.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Consisting of eight.
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In music, the longest interval in the diatonic scale, as from do to do, or from C to C; seven keys on a pianoforte; a small cask for wine, being the eighth part of a pipe; eight days, or the eighth day, after a Church festival, the festival being included.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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An eighth: that which consists of eight: the eighth day inclusive after a church festival: the eight days following a festival inclusive: (mus.) an eighth, or an interval of twelve semitones.
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Having eight leaves to the sheet.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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