Octavo — For other uses, see Octavo (disambiguation). Octavo (abbreviated 8vo or 8°) is a technical term describing the format of a book, which refers to the size of leaves produced from folding a full sheet of paper on which multiple pages of text were… … Wikipedia
Octavo día — Promotional single by Shakira from the album Dónde Están los Ladrones? Released May 27, 1999 Recorded 1998 Genre Rock en español, Pop rock … Wikipedia
Octavo (disambiguation) — Octavo to is a technical term describing the format of a book. Octavo may also refer to: Octavo (Discworld) is a grimoire in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett Octavo is a company in Oakland, California, that publishes digital editions of… … Wikipedia
Octavo — Oc*ta vo, n.;pl. {Octavos}. [L. in octavo; in in + octavo, abl. of octavus. See {Octave}.] A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eight leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; usually written 8vo… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
octavo — [äk tā′vō, äktä′vō] n. pl. octavos [< L (in) octavo, (in) eight, abl. of octavus: see OCTAVE] 1. 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 2. a book consisting of … English World dictionary
Book burning — (a category of biblioclasm, or book destruction) is the practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, one or more copies of a book or other written material. In modern times, other forms of media, such as phonograph records, video tapes, and CDs… … Wikipedia
Octavo — Oc*ta vo, a. Having eight leaves to a sheet; as, an octavo form, book, leaf, size, etc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
octavo — ► NOUN (pl. octavos) ▪ a size of book page that results from folding each printed sheet into eight leaves (sixteen pages). ORIGIN from Latin in octavo in an eighth … English terms dictionary
book — [n1] published document album, atlas, bestseller, bible, booklet, brochure, codex, compendium, copy, dictionary, dissertation, edition, encyclopedia, essay, fiction, folio, handbook, hardcover, leaflet, lexicon, magazine, manual, monograph,… … New thesaurus
Book size — Comparison of some book sizes based on American Library Association The size of a book is generally measured by the height against the width of a leaf,[1] or sometimes the height and width of its cover.[2] A series o … Wikipedia
