Octave

Definitions: Octave

Octave

Noun

1. A feast day and the seven days following it.

2. A musical interval of eight tones.

3. A rhythmic group of eight lines of verse.

Date "octave" was first used: sometime in the early 15th century. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Octave

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Octave A high-level interactive language by John W. Eaton, with help from many others, like MATLAB, primarily intended for numerical computations. Octave provides a convenient command line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically. Octave can do arithmetic for real and complex scalars and matrices, solve sets of nonlinear algebraic equations, integrate functions over finite and infinite intervals, and integrate systems of ordinary differential and differential-algebraic equations. Octave has been compiled and tested with g++ and libg++ on a SPARCstation 2 running SunOS 4.1.2, an IBM RS/6000 running AIX 3.2.5, DEC Alpha systems running OSF/1 1.3 and 3.0, a DECstation 5000/240 running Ultrix 4.2a, and Intel 486 systems running Linux. It should work on most other Unix systems with g++ and libg++. Octave is distributed under the GNU General Public License. It requires gnuplot, a C++ compiler and Fortran compiler or f2c translator. Latest version: 2.0.16 (released 2000-01-30), as of 2000-06-26. home (http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave). (ftp://ftp.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave/) or your nearest GNU archive site. E-mail: . (2000-06-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Aerospace	The interval between any two frequencies having the ratio of 1:2.The interval in octaves between any two frequencies is the logarithm to the base 2 (or 3.322 times the logarithm to the base 10) of the frequency ratio. (references)
Fine Arts	The logarithmic frequency interval between two sounds whose basic frequency ratio is two. Source: European Union. (references)
Information	A zone or region of an array marked off from others. Source: European Union. (references)
Sports & Leisure	Hand supinated, point of blade below bell, protects outside low. . Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: GNU Octave

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Octave is a free computer program for performing numerical computations, which is mostly compatible with MATLAB. It is part of the GNU project.

The project conceived around 1988. At first it was intended to be a companion to a chemical reactor design course. Real development only started by John W. Eaton in 1992. The first alpha release dates back to January 4, 1993 and on February 17, 1994 version 1.0 was released.

The name has nothing to do with music. It was the name of a former professor of one of the authors of Octave who was known for his ability to quickly come up with good approximations to numerical problems.

Because Octave is made available under the GNU General Public License, it can be freely copied and used. The program runs under most Unix and Unix-like operating systems, as well Microsoft Windows.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "GNU Octave."

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Synonym: Octave

Synonym: musical octave (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Octave

English words defined with "octave": Archilute ♦ bass clarinet, basset oboe ♦ chromatic scale, contrabass, Contrafagetto ♦ diatonic scale, Double counterpoint, Double octave, double-bass ♦ Flaute piccolo ♦ heckelphone, Hidden fifths ♦ Italian sonnet ♦ Just intonation ♦ mode, musical mode, musical octave, musical scale ♦ Octave flute, Open pipe ♦ Perfect chord, Petrarchan sonnet, piccolo, Pitch farthing, Plagal, Plain song, Polychord ♦ scale, Semidiapason, Sensible note ♦ Tonic sol-fa, Tridiapason ♦ Utas ♦ Violone. (references)

Specialty definitions using "octave": annoyance noise level ♦ equally tempered scale ♦ just scale ♦ one-third octave band ♦ pass band, passband, perceived level, perceived noise level ♦ RACKER, OCTAVE BOARD ♦ sil, speech interference level. (references)

Etymologies containing "octave": Diapason ♦ Octant, octet, October ♦ Utas. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Octave" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (octave).

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Modern Usage: Octave

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Monsieur Octave (1972)

Quelques passes d'armes présidées par Octave Maus (1897)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Octave

Domain	Title
Books	An Octave Above Thunder: New and Selected Poems (Penguin Poets) (reference) Managing Information Security Risks: The OCTAVE Approach (reference) Octave and His Flute (Finding Out About Instruments) (reference) Octave Mirbeau's Literary and Intellectual Evolution As a French Writer, 1880-1914 (Studies in French Literature, Vol 39) (reference) The 65th Octave (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Octave

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Photo Album: Octave

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Visitors and fellow campers in the Wrights' work shed at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Left to right: Octave Chanute, Orville Wright, and Edward C. Huffaker seated at left and Wilbur Wright standing.Credit: Library of Congress.		Wilbur with visitors and fellow campers in front of the Wrights' work shed at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Left to right: Edward C. Huffaker and Octave Chanute seated, Wilbur Wright standing, and George Spratt sitting on ground.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Octave

Author	Quotation
Octave Mirbeau	Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Octave

"Octave" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.11% of the time. "Octave" is used about 212 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	98.11%	208	21,075
Noun (proper)	1.42%	3	202,518
Noun (common)	0.47%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	212	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Octave

The following table summarizes the usage of "octave" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Octave	Last name	130	61,492
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Octave

Expressions using "octave": Double octave ♦ musical octave ♦ octave filter ♦ octave flute ♦ the small octave. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "octave": octave-and-a-half, octave-blend, octave-combination, octave-combinations, octave-flute, octave-hopping, octave-raising.
	Ending with "octave": two-octave.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Octave

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
octave	95	lyrics octave one	3
higher octave	11	matlab octave	3
higher music octave	10	c interval middle musical octave	3
octave white	10	communication octave	3
octave mandolin	8	house octave	2
chanute octave	8	1 3 band octave	2
gnu octave	7	band octave	2
guitar octave	7	octave piano	2
octave one tab	6	boss octave	2
octave mirbeau	6	octave mandolins	2
octave pedal	5	octave wendell	2
frequency octave	5	5 octave singer	2
fulltone octave ultimate	4	del escuadrilla landuyt octave pintor	2
lyrics octave white	4	music octave	2
5 octave range	4	octave parallel	2
octave software	4	octave one third	2
escuadrilla landuyt octave	4	cremazie octave	2
definition octave	3
		cremazie octave	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Octave

Language		Translations for "octave"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		oktavë, tetëshe, ditë e tetë pas festës. (various references)

Arabic		‏مجموعة ثمانية (octet), ‏اليوم الثامن بعد العيد, ‏الجواب موسيقي. (various references)

Bulgarian		серия от осем предмета, винена бъчва от 60 л., осмият ден след празник, октава (octavo, octet, octette), неделният ден след празник, последното положение, пиколо (bellboy, bellhop, errand boy, octave-flute, piccolo). (various references)

Chinese		八音度 (octaves), 八度 . (various references)

Czech		osmiřádkový verš, oktáva, oktáv. (various references)

Danish		oktav. (various references)

Dutch		octaaf. (various references)

Farsi		نت های هشتگانه موسیقی . (various references)

Finnish		oktaavi. (various references)

French		octave. (various references)

German		Oktave. (various references)

Greek		οκτάβα. (various references)

Hebrew		שמיניה (octette), אוקטבה. (various references)

Hungarian		oktáv, nyolcad (eighth, octa-). (various references)

Indonesian		oktaf. (various references)

Italian		ottava. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		オクスフォード大学 (octance, Oxbridge, Oxford and Cambridge, Oxford University). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		オクターブ . (various references)

Korean		옥타브 (octaves). (various references)

Manx		shiaull (sail, tenor). (various references)

Pig Latin		octaveay

Portuguese		oitava. (various references)

Romanian		octavã. (various references)

Russian		октава. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		oktava. (various references)

Spanish		octava. (various references)

Swedish		oktav (eighth, octavo). (various references)

Thai		ความแตกต่างระหว่างโน้ตตัวแรกกับตัวที่แปดในโน้ตคู่แปด. (various references)

Turkish		oktav, yortu sonrası sekiz günlük dönem. (various references)

Ukranian		тиждень, що йде після свята, група з восьми предметів, вісімка, восьмивірш (octastich, octonary), восьмий день після свята, винна бочка, октава (eighth, ottava). (various references)

Vietnamese		tổ quãng tám đoạn thơ tám câu. (various references)

Welsh		wythawd. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Octave

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	octava dies. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Octave

Language	Date	Source	1 Chronicles Chapter 15, Verse 21
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai mattaqiaV kai elifaliaV kai makeniaV kai abdedom kai iihl kai oziaV en kinuraiV amaseniq tou eniscusai
Latin	405	Vulgate	Porro Matthathias et Eliphalu et Machenias et Obededom et Ieihel et Ozaziu in citharis pro octava canebant epinikion
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel and Azaziah, with corded instruments on the octave, to give the first note of the song.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Octave

Language	1 Chronicles Chapter 15, Verse 21
Cebuano	Ug si Mathithias, ug si Eliphelehu, ug si Micnias, ug si Obed-edom, ug si Jeiel, ug si Azazias, lakip ang mga alpa nga dinuyogan sa Seminith, sa pagmando sa awit.
Chinese	又派瑪他提雅、以利斐利戶、彌克尼雅、俄別以東、耶利、亞撒西雅、領首彈琴、調用第八。
Croatian	a Matitja, Eliflehu, Mikneja, Obed Edom, Jeiel i Azazja u citre, u osminskoj pratnji.
Danish	Mattitja, Elipelehu, Miknejahu, Obed-Edom og Je'iel skulde lede Sangen med Citre al-hassjeminit;
Dutch	En Mattithja, en Elifele, en Mikneja, en Obed-edom, en Jeiel, en Azazja, met harpen op de Scheminith, om den toon te versterken.
Finnish	Mattitjan, Elifelehun, Miknejan, Oobed-Edomin, Jegielin ja Asasjan kanteleilla matalassa äänialassa, veisuuta johtaaksensa.
French	et Matthithia, Éliphelé, Miknéja, Obed Édom, Jeïel et Azazia, avaient des harpes à huit cordes, pour conduire le chant.
German	Matthithja aber, Eliphelehu, Mikneja, Obed-Edom, Jeiel und Asasja mit Harfen von acht Saiten, vorzusingen;
Haitian Creole	Matitya, Elifeleou, Mikneja, Obèd-Edon, Jeyèl ak Azazya t'ap jwe gita bas. Se yo ki pou te bay kadans chante yo.
Hungarian	Mattithja, Eliféle, Miknéja, Obed-Edom, Jéhiel és Azaziás, hogy énekeljenek cziterákkal a nyolczhúrú szerint.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Dan Matica dan Elifele dan Mikneya dan Obed-Edom dan Yeiel dan Azarya dengan kecapi pada Syeminit akan membesarkan bunyi.
Italian	Mattatia, Elifel, Micneia, Obed-Edom, Ieièl, Azaria suonavano sull'ottava per dare il tono.
Maori	A ko Matitia, ko Eriperehe, ko Mikineia, ko Opereeroma, ko Teiere, ko Atatia, i runga i nga hapa, he mea Heminiti, hei whakarewa.
Portuguese	e Matitias, Elifeleu, Micnéias, Obede-Edom, Jeiel e Azazias, com harpas adaptadas ao baixo, para dirigirem;
Rumanian	wi Matitia, Elifele, Micneia, Obed-Edom, Ieiel wi Azazia, aveau arfe cu opt coarde, ca sq sune tare.
Spanish	Matatías, Elifelehu, Micnías, Obed-edom, Jeiel y Azazías tocaban arpas sobre Seminit, para dirigir.
Swedish	Mattitja, Elifalehu, Mikneja, Obed-Edom, Jegiel och Asasja skulle leda sången med harpor, till Seminit.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Octave

Derivations
	Words beginning with "octave": octaves. (additional references)
	Words ending with "octave": contraoctave, subcontraoctave. (additional references)
	Words containing "octave": contraoctaves, subcontraoctaves. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Octave" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cohave, ocave, octahe, octav, octaver, octavi, octive, Oshtava, Ostade, Otavio, Ottava, Ottavo. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Octave"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "octave" (pronounced Ä"ktiv)
4	-k t i v	active, addictive, adjective, affective, attractive, collective, conductive, connective, constructive, corrective, counterproductive, defective, destructive, detective, directive, distinctive, effective, elective, hyperactive, inactive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, irrespective, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, overactive, perspective, photoconductive, predictive, proactive, productive, projective, prospective, protective, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, reflective, refractive, reproductive, respective, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, subjective, superconductive, unattractive, unproductive, vindictive.
3	-t i v	abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, adaptive, additive, administrative, adoptive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, congestive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corruptive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distributive, duplicative, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inattentive, incentive, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, inventive, investigative, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, plaintive, positive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, probative, prognosticative, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, receptive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restive, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, substantive, suggestive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vituperative.
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Anagrams: Octave

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: avocet.
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-o-t-v"
	-1 letter: covet, ovate.
	-2 letters: cate, cave, coat, cote, cove, tace, taco, toea, veto, vote.
	-3 letters: ace, act, ate, ave, avo, cat, cot, eat, eta, oat, oca, ova, tae, tao, tav, tea, toe, vac, vat, vet, voe.
	-4 letters: ae, at, et, oe, ta, to.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-o-t-v"
	+1 letter: avocets, cavetto, centavo, octaves, overact.
	+2 letters: advocate, caveator, cavettos, cavorted, cavorter, centavos, coactive, conative, covalent, covenant, evocator, invocate, locative, overacts, overcast, overcoat, vocative.
	+3 letters: advection, advocated, advocates, anchoveta, autoclave, bioactive, caveators, cavorters, coevality, combative, covenants, covetable, evocation, evocative, evocators, excavator, invocated, invocates, locatives, overacted, overcasts, overcoats, overmatch, overreact, postcavae, proactive, vacuolate, vasectomy, vectorial, vocatives.
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