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单词 super-octave
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super-octaven.

Brit. /ˌsuːpərˈɒktɪv/, /ˌsjuːpərˈɒktɪv/, /ˌsuːpərˈɒkteɪv/, /ˌsjuːpərˈɒkteɪv/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈɑktəv/, /ˌsupərˈɑkˌteɪv/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, octave n.2
Etymology: < super- prefix + octave n.2With sense 1 compare slightly earlier super octavo in the same meaning:1688 in E. J. Hopkins Organ (1870) 453 Great Organ…4. Quinta, of mettle…5. Super Octavo.
Music.
1. An organ stop sounding a note two octaves higher than the ordinary pitch; the octave two octaves above a given note; = fifteenth n. 2b.
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principal1613
small principal1613
octave1716
octave stop1730
subprincipal1825
super-octave1884
1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music I. i. iv. 60 Divide E B into eight parts, of which make E M equal to one, so as M B may be superoctave of E B.
1826 Harmonicon Aug. 158/2 (table) Super-octave.
1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 831/2 The 2 [= 2-foot] fifteenth, or superoctave, of the great organ.
1943 Waterloo (Iowa) Sunday Courier 13 June 12/1 There are some pipes which are hardly bigger than a baby's little finger. Those..super octaves..sound like a dog whistle.
1997 F. A. D'Accone Civic Muse 21 There were to be six stops, the tenor,..an octave, a quintadecima (superoctave), [etc.].
2. In full superoctave coupler. A device in an organ or similar instrument which enables a note one octave higher than that being played to sound at the same time.
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super-octave1853
sub-octave1855
passage-board1880
1853 Musical World 17 Sept. 594/2 The ‘Swell to Great Sub. Octave’..without its attendant Super-octave coupler, can be but unsatisfactory and lop-sided in effect.
1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 420/1 Superoctave, a coupler pulling down keys one octave above those struck.
1881 Belfast News-let. 3 Jan. 3/4 The sub and super-octave couplers on the swell organ.
1919 E. E. Truette Organ Registration v. 62 The term ‘Super-Octave Coupler’ in old organs caused some confusion, on account of the presence of a stop named ‘Super-Octave’.
2003 S. K. Brockschmidt Harmonium Handbk. ii. 35 A coupler effectively connects one key with its counterpart either an octave above (a super-octave coupler) or an octave below (a sub-octave coupler).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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