Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - octave
Octave
octave
n. 1 Mus. a 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. b this interval. c each of the two notes at the extremes of this interval. d these two notes sounding together. 2 a group or stanza of eight lines; an octet. 3 a the seventh day after a festival. b a period of eight days including a festival and its octave. 4 a group of eight. 5 the last of eight parrying positions in fencing. 6 Brit. a wine-cask holding an eighth of a pipe. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L octava dies eighth day (reckoned inclusively)
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noun see: eight Date: 14th century an 8-day period of observances beginning with a festival day, 2. a stanza of eight lines ; ottava rima, the first eight lines of an Italian sonnet, 3. a musical interval embracing eight diatonic degrees, a tone or note at this interval, the harmonic combination of two tones an ~ apart, the whole series of notes, tones, or digitals comprised within this interval and forming the unit of the modern scale, an organ stop giving tones an ~ above those corresponding to the digitals, the interval between two frequencies (as in an electromagnetic spectrum) having a ratio of 2 to 1, a group of eight ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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