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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Transposition by an octave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Normalization of a numerical ratio by repeated multiplication or division by 2.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
The relationship between two planets that are distant from each other by one eighth of a great circle (45.625 degrees)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Conversion (of the expression of a number) from denary to octal notation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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History
First attested in 1922; probably formed as octav(e) + -ation, but compare octavate.
