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octavo |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Octavo \Oc*ta"vo\, n.;pl. {Octavos}. [L. in octavo; in in + octavo, abl. of octavus. See {Octave}.] A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eight leaves; hence indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made -- usually written 8vo or 8[deg]. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Octavo \Oc*ta"vo\, a. Having eight leaves to a sheet; as an octavo form book, leaf, size, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: octavo n : the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves [syn: {eightvo}, {8vo}]
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