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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Octave (0.00864 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Octave.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: octave oktaf
English → English (WordNet) Definition: octave octave n 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Octave Octave \Oc"tave\, a. Consisting of eight; eight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Octave \Oc"tave\, n. [F., fr. L. octava an eighth, fr. octavus eighth, fr. octo eight. See Eight, and cf. Octavo, Utas.] 1. The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival. “The octaves of Easter.” --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) (a) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones. (b) The whole diatonic scale itself. [1913 Webster] Note: The ratio of a musical tone to its octave above is 1:2 as regards the number of vibrations producing the tones. [1913 Webster] 3. (Poet.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines. [1913 Webster] With mournful melody it continued this octave. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] Double octave. (Mus.) See under Double. Octave flute (Mus.), a small flute, the tones of which range an octave higher than those of the German or ordinary flute; -- called also piccolo. See Piccolo. [1913 Webster] 4. A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe. [1913 Webster]

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