Octave

Noun

 * 1)  An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch.
 * 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.
 * 1)  The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.
 * The bass starts on a low E, and the tenor comes in on the octave.
 * 1)  A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet.
 * 2)  The eighth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword out straight at knee level.
 * 3)  The day that is one week after a feast day in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church.
 * 4)  An eight day period beginning on a feast day in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church.

Derived terms

 * perfect octave
 * diminished octave
 * augmented octave
 * octaval

Related terms

 * octavo
 * oct-

Thesaurus
English horn, Octateuch, Spenserian stanza, antistrophe, bassoon, block flute, bombard, book, bourdon, burden, canto, cello, chorus, claribel, clarinet, clarion, concert flute, consecutive intervals, contraoctave, cornet, cornopean, couplet, cromorna, cymbel, degree, diapason, diatessaron, diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, distich, double contraoctave, dulciana, eight, eighter from Decatur, eighth, enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval, envoi, epode, fifth, flute stop, foundation stop, four-foot octave, four-line octave, fourniture, fourth, gamba, gedeckt, gemshorn, great octave, half step, halftone, harmonic flute, heptastich, hexastich, hybrid stop, interval, koppel flute, larigot, less semitone, line, measure, melodia, melodic interval, mixture, monostich, mutation stop, nazard, note, oboe, octad, octagon, octahedron, octameter, octastich, octastyle, octavo, octet, octonary, octosyllable, ogdoad, one-line octave, organ stop, ottava, ottava alta, ottava bassa, ottava rima, parallel octaves, pentastich, piccolo, plein jeu, posaune, principal, quatrain, quint, quintaten, rank, ranket, reed stop, refrain, register, rhyme royal, rohr flute, second, semitone, septet, sesquialtera, sestet, seventh, sextet, shawm, sixth, small octave, spitz flute, stanza, stave, step, stop, stopped diapason, stopped flute, strain, string diapason, string stop, strophe, subcontraoctave, syllable, tercet, terza rima, tetrastich, third, tierce, tone, tone row, tremolo, triplet, tristich, trombone, trumpet, twelfth, two-foot octave, two-line octave, unda maris, unison interval, utas, verse, vibrato, viola, voix celeste, vox angelica, vox humana, whole step

Etymology
From octavus:.

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Anagrams

 * avocet