Seventhadjective
The ordinal form of the number seven.
Octavenoun
(music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.
‘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.’; ‘The octave has a pitch ratio of 2:1.’;
Seventhnoun
The person or thing in the seventh position.
Octavenoun
(music) The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.
‘The bass starts on a low E, and the tenor comes in on the octave.’;
Seventhnoun
One of seven equal parts of a whole.
Octavenoun
(music) A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of the key pressed (cf sub-octave)
Seventhnoun
(music) A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.
Octavenoun
(poetry) A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet.
Seventhadjective
Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
‘On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.’;
Octavenoun
(fencing) The eighth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword out straight at knee level.
Seventhadjective
Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part.
Octavenoun
(Christianity) The day that is one week after a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
Seventhnoun
One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.
Octavenoun
(Christianity) An eight-day period beginning on a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
Seventhnoun
The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided.
Octavenoun
A small cask of wine, one eighth of a pipe.
Seventhnoun
An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale.
Octavenoun
An octonion.
Seventhnoun
position seven in a countable series of things
Octavenoun
(signal processing) Any of a number of coherent-noise functions of differing frequency that are added together to form Perlin noise.
Seventhnoun
a seventh part
Octavenoun
(astrology) The subjective vibration of a planet.
Seventhnoun
the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it
Octaveadjective
(obsolete) Consisting of eight; eight in number.
Seventhadjective
coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position
Octavenoun
The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.
Octavenoun
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.
Octavenoun
The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
‘With mournful melody it continued this octave.’;
Octavenoun
A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
Octaveadjective
Consisting of eight; eight.
Octavenoun
a feast day and the seven days following it
Octavenoun
a musical interval of eight tones
Octavenoun
a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse
Octave
In music, an octave (Latin: octavus: eighth) or perfect octave (sometimes called the diapason) is the interval between one musical pitch and another with double its frequency. The octave relationship is a natural phenomenon that has been referred to as the the use of which is The interval between the first and second harmonics of the harmonic series is an octave.
‘basic miracle of music,’; ‘common in most musical systems.’;
