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Word: Octave
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (in octave (sense 3)): via Old French from Latin octava dies ‘eighth day’
ˈɒktɪv
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.
Short Definition:series of eight notes between and including two notes
a group or stanza of eight lines; an octet.
Short Definition:group or stanza of eight lines
the seventh day after a Church festival.
Short Definition:seventh day after Church festival
the last of eight parrying positions.
Short Definition:last of eight parrying positions
a wine cask holding an eighth of a pipe.
Short Definition:wine cask holding eighth of pipe
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