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Webster 1913 Edition
Octavo
Oc-ta′vo
,Noun.
pl.
Octavos
(#)
. 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°.
Oc-ta′vo
,Adj.
Having eight leaves to a sheet;
as, an
octavo
form, book, leaf, size, etc.Webster 1828 Edition
Octavo
OCTA'VO
,Noun.
Definition 2024
octavo
octavo
English
Noun
octavo (plural octavos)
- (paper, printing) A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches high and 4.5 to 6 inches wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. Made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves.
- (printing) A book of octavo pages.
Translations
paper size
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book size
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Synonyms
See also
| Latin | folio | quarto | sexto | octavo | duodecimo | sextodecimo | octodecimo | vicesimo-quarto | trigesimo-secundo | quadragesimo-octavo | sexagesimo-quarto |
| ALA | F | Q | O | D | S | T | Tt | Fe | Sf | ||
| ht. (cm) | > 30 | 25-30 | 25-30 | 20-25 | 17.5-20 | 15-17.5 | 12.5-15 | 12.5-15 | 10-12.5 | 7.5-10 | < 7.5 |
| printers' | folio | quarto | sixmo | octavo | twelvemo | sixteenmo | eighteenmo | twenty-fourmo | thirty-twomo | forty-eightmo | sixty-fourmo |
| abbrev. | fo or f | 4to | 6to or 6mo | 8vo | 12mo | 16mo | 18mo | 24mo | 32mo | 48mo | 64mo |
| abbrev. | 2º | 4º | 6º | 8º | 12º | 16º | 18º | 24º | 32º | 48º | 64º |
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Latin
Numeral
octāvō
- dative masculine singular of octāvus
- dative neuter singular of octāvus
- ablative masculine singular of octāvus
- ablative neuter singular of octāvus