Third-person singular simple present indicative form of octavate

plural of octavate

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

(intransitive, of an instrument) To resonate or sound one octave higher or lower. / (intransitive, of a person) To span (at least) one octave in playing a musical instrument.

(rare) octave (transfiguratively)

(music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency. / (music) The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.

Alternative form of octavate

(obsolete) Consisting of eight; eight in number.

plural of octave

(music) Of, pertaining to, or relating to an octave. / Proceeding by intervals of eight. / Octonary; expressed in base-8; octal, octonal.