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octatonic

octatonic adjective: containing eight notes.

Adjective

octatonic (not comparable)

  1. Containing eight notes.

Origin of octatonic

From octa- + tonic.

Words formed from octatonic

Phrases with octatonic

Questions about octatonic

What does octatonic mean?
Octatonic means containing eight notes.
What part of speech is octatonic?
Octatonic is an adjective.

Words near octatonic in the dictionary

  1. octathlete
  2. octathletes
  3. octathlon
  4. octathlons
  5. octatomic
  6. octatonic
  7. octatonic scale
  8. octatonic scales
  9. octatriacontane
  10. octatriacontanoic
  11. octatriacontanoic acid

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