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octave
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[ˈɒktɪv], (Noun)
Definitions:
- 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
- a group or stanza of eight lines; an octet
- the seventh day after a Church festival
- the last of eight parrying positions
- a wine cask holding an eighth of a pipe
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Origin
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late Middle English (in octave): via Old French from Latin octava dies ‘eighth day’
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