octavate
/ˈɒktəveɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To convert (the expression of a number) from denary to octal notation.
noun
octave (transfiguratively)
Example Sentences
- "The string, originally divided, will continue for some time to “octavate”."
- "Adolphe Sax, when he invented the saxophone, had at first only in mind the object of improving the clarinet by permitting it to ‘octavate.’"
- "‘Octavate’ (i.e. overblow at the octave. Does decimate mean to overblow at the tenth? Is the Primate the fundamental note of an instrument?)."
- "When it octavates, the holes being closed, it often assumes its natural pitch again on opening the holes, instead of continuing its tones to the octave above, so that it octavates much more easily when the holes are closed than when they are unstopped."
- "Ability to ornament, octavate, play chords and do some improvising."
- "He varies and octavates, leaving Bach listeners thunderstruck."