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GNU Octave is a scientific programming language for scientific computing and numerical computation.Octave helps in solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with MATLAB.
Monkeys experience octave equivalence, and its biological basis apparently is an octave mapping of neurons in the auditory thalamus of the mammalian brain. [12] Studies have also shown the perception of octave equivalence in rats, [13] human infants, [14] and musicians [15] but not starlings, [16] 4–9-year-old children, [17] or non-musicians.
In electronics, an octave (symbol: oct) is a logarithmic unit for ratios between frequencies, with one octave corresponding to a doubling of frequency. For example, the frequency one octave above 40 Hz is 80 Hz. The term is derived from the Western musical scale where an octave is a doubling in frequency.
A pseudo-octave, pseudooctave, [1] or paradoxical octave [2] in music is an interval whose frequency ratio is not exactly 2:1 = octave : tonic expected for perfectly harmonic pitches, but slightly wider or narrower in pitch – for example 1.98:1, 2.01:1, or even as large as 2.3:1 . [1]
Octave, Arizona, a place in the US; Octave (horse) (foaled 2004), a thoroughbred racehorse; Octave (liturgy), either the eighth day after a feast, or the whole period of those eight days; Octave celebration, a religious celebration in Luxembourg; Octave (unit), a British unit for measuring whisky; Hurricane Octave, several tropical storms
An octave band is a frequency band that spans one octave (Play ⓘ).In this context an octave can be a factor of 2 [1] [full citation needed] or a factor of 10 0.301. [2] [full citation needed] [3] [full citation needed] An octave of 1200 cents in musical pitch (a logarithmic unit) corresponds to a frequency ratio of 2 / 1 ≈ 10 0.301.
The short octave was a method of assigning notes to keys in early keyboard instruments (harpsichord, clavichord, organ), for the purpose of giving the instrument an extended range in the bass register.
Octave" has two senses in Christian liturgical usage. In the first sense, it is the eighth day after a feast, counted inclusively , and so always falls on the same day of the week as the feast itself.