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MUSICAL OCTAVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does musical octave mean? 

MUSICAL OCTAVE (noun)
  The noun MUSICAL OCTAVE has 1 sense:

1. a musical interval of eight tonesplay

  Familiarity information: MUSICAL OCTAVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MUSICAL OCTAVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A musical interval of eight tones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

musical octave; octave

Hypernyms ("musical octave" is a kind of...):

interval; musical interval (the difference in pitch between two notes)


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