ottava — meaning in English

English meaning

• eighth adj Coming after seven others in a sequence; number 8 in an ordered list.
• octave noun The musical distance between one note and another note with double or half its pitch frequency, spanning eight notes of the scale.

Senses

ottava is used for these senses in English:

• eighth The person or thing in the eighth position.
• octave (music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.

eighth — full definition

1. adj Coming after seven others in a sequence; number 8 in an ordered list.
2. noun One of eight equal parts of something.
3. noun (slang) An eighth of an ounce of marijuana or another drug, roughly 3.5 grams.

octave — full definition

1. noun The musical distance between one note and another note with double or half its pitch frequency, spanning eight notes of the scale.
2. noun A stanza or unit of eight lines of poetry, especially the opening eight lines of a sonnet.

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