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pseudo-octaves

pseudo-octaves is the plural of pseudo-octave.

Meaning of pseudo-octave

Noun

pseudo-octave (plural pseudo-octaves)

  1. An interval whose frequency ratio is not 2:1 (that of the octave), but is perceived or treated as equivalent to this ratio, and whose pitches are considered equivalent to each other as with octave equivalency.

Questions about pseudo-octaves

What is pseudo-octaves the plural of?
Pseudo-octaves is the plural of pseudo-octave.

Words near pseudo-octaves in the dictionary

  1. pseudo-nation
  2. pseudo-nations
  3. pseudo-obstruction
  4. pseudo-obstructions
  5. pseudo-octave
  6. pseudo-octaves
  7. pseudo-organizational
  8. pseudo-participial
  9. pseudo-participials
  10. pseudo-passive
  11. pseudo-passives

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