ETYM French, from Latin octava an eighth, from octavus eighth, from octo eight. Related to Eight, Octavo, Utas.
1. A feast day and the seven days following it.
2. A musical interval of eight tones; SYN. musical octave.
3. A rhythmic group of eight lines of verse.
Group of eight; Ecclesiastical, week following feast day; eighth day (including feast day) after feast day; Music, interval comprising eight tones; Literature, first eight lines of sonnet; eight-line stanza.
In music, a span of eight notes as measured on the white notes of a piano keyboard. It corresponds to the consonance of first and second harmonics. + prikaži više