interval

Meaning

  1. A distance in space.
  2. A period of time.
  3. The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).
  4. A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
  5. (British, India) An intermission.
  6. half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play.
  7. Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play.

Synonyms

space
A2
break
A1
gap
C1
intermission
22k
pause
C1
distance
B1
period
B1
interlude
33k
lull
25k
recess
C1
time
A1
⌚
span
C2
respite
28k
rest
A1
range
B1
interim
C2
interregnum
difference
A2
spacing
32k
time interval
term
B2
hiatus
36k
separation
C1
room
A1
lapse
C2
delay
B2
musical interval
stretch
B2
length
C1
lag
C2

space between

interstice
repose
31k
section
B1
stage
B1
int
32k
meantime
B2
middle
A2
composure
27k

fitful

extension
C1
clearance
C1
between
A1
estrangement
epoch
39k
cessation
48k
leisure
C2

entr’acte

distinctness
cease-fire
29k
Translations

intervalle
intervallo
Intervall
intervalo
intervalo
interval
Abstand

διάστημα

Pause
interval
Zwischenraum
intervallum
espace
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪntɚvəl/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
interval
In summary

From Middle English interval, intervalle, from Old French intervalle, entreval, from Latin intervallum (“space between, interval, distance, interval of time, pause, difference; literally, space between two palisades or walls”), from inter (“between”) + vallum (“palisade, wall”).

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