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octaving

octaving noun: an audio effect in which a signal is combined with another version of itself that is an octave higher or lower.

Noun

octaving (uncountable)

  1. An audio effect in which a signal is combined with another version of itself that is an octave higher or lower.

Origin of octaving

From octave + -ing.

Questions about octaving

What does octaving mean?
Octaving means an audio effect in which a signal is combined with another version of itself that is an octave higher or lower.
What part of speech is octaving?
Octaving is a noun.

Words near octaving in the dictionary

  1. octaviations
  2. octavic
  3. octavin
  4. octavina
  5. octavinas
  6. octaving
  7. octavins
  8. octavius
  9. octavo
  10. octavofinal
  11. octavofinals

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