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intra-octaval

UK/ˌɪntɹəɒkˈteɪvəl/

intra-octaval adjective: within the octave.

Adjective

intra-octaval (not comparable)

  1. Within the octave.
    • To resolve it the solution found and accepted has been to reduce all the intra-octaval ‘consonances’, fifths, fourths, major and minor thirds, etc., to what fits within the limits of an equally divided octave, which, of course, distorts the purity of the intra-octaval consonances. This solution has...2005: Kenley Dove, “Aristotelian vs. Socratic Mimesis in Hegelian Perspective”; Dieter Wandschneider [ed.], Das Geistige und das Sinnliche in der Kunst: Ästhetische Reflexion in der Perspektive des...

Origin of intra-octaval

From intra- + octaval.

Questions about intra-octaval

What does intra-octaval mean?
Intra-octaval means within the octave.
What part of speech is intra-octaval?
Intra-octaval is an adjective.
How do you pronounce intra-octaval?
Intra-octaval is pronounced /ˌɪntɹəɒkˈteɪvəl/ (UK).

Words near intra-octaval in the dictionary

  1. intra-lysosomal
  2. intra-marriage
  3. intra-Muslim
  4. intra-NATO
  5. intra-oblast
  6. intra-octaval
  7. intra-ocular
  8. intra-operative
  9. intra-ordinary
  10. intra-page
  11. intra-uterine

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