transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈäk-tiv, -təv, -ˌtāv ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin octava, from Latin, feminine of octavus eighth, from octo eight — more at eight
Date: 14th century
1. : an 8-day period of observances beginning with a festival day
2.
a. : a stanza of eight lines : ottava rima
b. : the first eight lines of an Italian sonnet
3.
a. : a musical interval embracing eight diatonic degrees
b. : a tone or note at this interval
c. : the harmonic combination of two tones an octave apart
d. : the whole series of notes, tones, or digitals comprised within this interval and forming the unit of the modern scale
e. : an organ stop giving tones an octave above those corresponding to the digitals
4. : the interval between two frequencies (as in an electromagnetic spectrum) having a ratio of 2 to 1
5. : a group of eight