Meaning Of The Word Octavo

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octavo in American English
consisting of pages of this size
the page size of a book made up of printer's sheets folded into eight leaves: the usual size of each leaf is 6 by 9 inches
adjective: in octavo
noun: a book size of about 6 × 9 in. (16 × 23 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 8 leaves or 16 pages

octavo in British English
noun: a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper of a specified size to form eight leaves

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