Octavo

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English

Noun

octavo

  1. 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.
  2. a book page the size of such leaves.
  3. a book of octavo pages

See also

4to 8vo 12mo 16mo 24mo 32mo 48mo 64mo
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Spanish

Adjective

octavo m. octava f.

  1. eighth

Noun

octavo

  1. eighthfr:octavo

id:octavo hu:octavo

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