octavation English

Meaning octavation meaning

What does octavation mean?

octavation noun

— (music) Transposition by an octave.

— (rare) Normalization of a numerical ratio by repeated multiplication or division by 2.

— (astrology, rare) The relationship between two planets that are distant from each other by one eighth of a great circle (45.625 degrees)

— (mathematics) Conversion (of the expression of a number) from denary to octal notation.