octavated

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adjective

Altered to sound a pitch one octave lower than its usual range.

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Meanings

adjectiveoctavated (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareentertainmentAltered to sound a pitch one octave lower than its usual range.

    Ob 2 = violin 2 (octavated, except bar 4, which is from basset-horn 2)

    1987, Bastiaan Blomhert, The Harmoniemusik of Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, page 60

Origin

From octavate + -ed.

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APA

octavated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octavated

MLA

“octavated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octavated. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “octavated,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octavated.

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