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Octave
From the Latin Octavos an eighth. Octaves originate from music domain where 1 octave spans 8 notes, the 8th note is twice the frequency of the 1st note and the 9th twice that of the 2nd etc. This may be seen on the standard piano keyboard. It not often used in vibration analysisis.

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