Word: octave

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Synonyms: octave

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Translations: octave

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spanish
Translations:
octava
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german
Translations:
oktave
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french
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octave
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italian
Translations:
ottava
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russian
Translations:
бочка, восьмистишие, неделя, октава
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finnish
Translations:
oktaavi
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czech
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oktáva
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polish
Translations:
oktawa, ośmiowiersz
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ukrainian
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октава, тиждень
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bulgarian
Translations:
октава
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slovenian
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oktáva
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slovak
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oktáva

The meaning and "use of": octave

noun
  • 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. - These ratios produce the eight notes of an octave in the musical scale corresponding to the white keys on a piano.
  • a poem or stanza of eight lines; an octet. - The second quatrain of Smith's sonnet alludes to Petrarch's octave .
  • the eighth day after a church festival, inclusive of the day of the festival. - On the watery desert from Pentecost to Christmas, they stay on the Isle of Ailbe from Christmas through the octave of Epiphany.

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