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Definition of octavo noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

octavo

noun

NAmE//ɑkˈteɪvoʊ//

, NAmE//ɑkˈtɑvoʊ//

(pl. octavos) (technology)

a size of a book page that is made by folding each sheet of paper into eight leaves (= 16 pages)

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