Words Like OCTAVE

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10 definitions of octave

1 An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch.
2 The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.
3 A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet.
4 The eighth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword out straight at knee level.
5 The day that is one week after a feast day in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church.
6 An eight day period beginning on a feast day in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church.
7 Consisting of eight; eight in number.
8 The eighth day from a festival, the feast-day itself being counted as the first: as, Low Sunday is the octave of Easter. The octave necessarily falls on the same day of the week as the feast from which it is counted.
9 The prolongation of a festival till the eighth day inclusive; a period consisting of a feastday and the seven days following: as, St. John the Evangelist's day (December 27th) is within the octave of Christmas. See outas.
10 In music: A tone on the eighth diatonic degree above or below a given tone; the next higher or lower replicate of a given tone.
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