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Noun
en-noun

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
duodecimo
foolscap
quarto
A3
A4

Book-A

Category:Paper sizes
Category:Book sizes

Spanish

Etymology
From L.|es octavus#Latin|octavus.

Adjective
es-adj|f=octava

1. eighth

Noun
es-noun-m

1. ordinal|lang=es eighth

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