Definition of octave
- n. - The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day
being included; also, the week following a church festival.
- n. - 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.
- n. - The whole diatonic scale itself.
- n. - The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four
verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
- n. - A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
- a. - Consisting of eight; eight.