How to pronounce octave
Listen to octave in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“octave” in real sentences
193 clips in the index · 38 American · 1 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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seven pitches in the octave.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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>> do you mean by octave?
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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octave of the spectrum yeah one octave corresponds to the visible light which we see with
Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory · hear it here
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are called third octave levels third octave levels essentially divide up the band divide up the
Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership · hear it here
Why real speech
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