|
Octave - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
|
Octave : (noun)
1: a feast day and the seven days following it
2: a musical interval of eight tones [syn: musical octave]
3: a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse
Based on WordNet 2.0
|
|
Octave : \Oc"tave\, n. [F., fr. L. octava an eighth, fr. octavus
eighth, fr. octo eight. See Eight, and cf. Octavo,
Utas.]
1. The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day
being included; also, the week following a church
festival. ``The octaves of Easter.'' --Jer. Taylor.
2. (Mus.)
(a) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one
and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal
length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.
(b) The whole diatonic scale itself.
Note: The ratio of a musical tone to its octave above is 1:2
as regards the number of vibrations producing the
tones.
3. (Poet.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of
four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
With mournful melody it continued this octave. --Sir
P. Sidney.
Double octave. (Mus.) See under Double.
Octave flute (Mus.), a small flute, the tones of which
range an octave higher than those of the German or
ordinary flute; -- called also piccolo. See Piccolo.
4. A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
|
|
Octave : \Oc"tave\, a.
Consisting of eight; eight. --Dryden.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
|
|
Octave :
A high-level interactive language by John
W. Eaton, with help from many others, like MATLAB, primarily
intended for numerical computations. Octave provides a
convenient command line interface for solving linear and
nonlinear problems numerically.
Octave can do arithmetic for real and complex scalars
and matrices, solve sets of nonlinear algebraic equations,
integrate functions over finite and infinite intervals, and
integrate systems of ordinary differential and
differential-algebraic equations.
Octave has been compiled and tested with g__ and libg__ on a
SPARCstation 2 running SunOS 4.1.2, an IBM RS/6000
running AIX 3.2.5, DEC Alpha systems running OSF/1 1.3
and 3.0, a DECstation 5000/240 running Ultrix 4.2a, and
Intel 486 systems running Linux. It should work on most
other Unix systems with g__ and libg__.
Octave is distributed under the GNU General Public
License. It requires gnuplot, a C__ compiler and
Fortran compiler or f2c translator.
Latest version: 2.0.16 (released 2000-01-30), as of 2000-06-26.
http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave)">home (http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave).
ftp://ftp.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave/)">(ftp://ftp.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave/) or your nearest GNU
archive site.
E-mail: .
(2000-06-27)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
|
|
|
|
Example Usage of Octave |
 |
freakystyley: @Philzisbeast I have yet to see Anthony live but Ferrel is dissapointing live. He took Jane Says down an Octave -_- |
 |
Fiaca4: I favorited a YouTube video -- Elfen Lied - Lilium - Flute (an Octave higher) http://bit.ly/7OM6wB |
 |
440tv_fr: #Video - Pigtronix Disnortion Fuzz Octave Overdrive http://is.gd/5sMm7 |
|
