octave

1. An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.

   The melody jumps up an octave at the beginning, then later drops back down an octave.

   The singer was known for astounding clarity over her entire five-octave range.

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2. The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.

   The bass starts on a low E, and the tenor comes in on the octave.

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3. A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of the key pressed (cf sub-octave)

4. A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet.

   a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse

5. The eighth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword out straight at knee level.

6. The day that is one week after a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.

   a feast day and the seven days following it

7. An eight-day period beginning on a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.

   1870, The Night Hours of the Church, trans. Rev. J. M. Neale Of an Octave the Office is said. or at least commemorated, (when any Sunday or Feast intervene), for eight successive days.

8. A small cask of wine, one eighth of a pipe.

9. Any of a number of coherent-noise functions of differing frequency that are added together to form Perlin noise.

10. The subjective vibration of a planet.

11. (obsolete)An octonion.

1. There are twelve half steps in an octave.

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2. There are eight notes in an octave.

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3. There are twelve semitones in an octave.

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4. I have a full three-octave vocal range.

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5. A seventh is the seventh note of an octave.

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