(music, rare, of an instrument) Altered to sound a pitch one octave lower than its usual range.

(music) Transposition by an octave. / (rare) Normalization of a numerical ratio by repeated multiplication or division by 2.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of octavate

plural of octavate

(mathematics) Synonym of octic

An audio effect in which a signal is combined with another version of itself that is an octave higher or lower.

(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of eleven semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a perfect octave and enharmonically equivalent to a major seventh.

plural of diminished octave

(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of twelve semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is enharmonically equivalent to an augmented seventh and is commonly referred to as an octave.

plural of augmented octave