OCTAVE


Meaning of OCTAVE in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.