(rare) octave (transfiguratively)

plural of octavation

(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

A flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher. / A flute stop in an organ pitched an octave higher than the standard pitch.

plural of octave flute

(music) The octave that begins on the C that is two ledger lines below the staff of the bass clef

(music) The octave directly below the great octave.