interval
- A distance in space.
- A period of time.
- The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).
- A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
- (British, India) An intermission.
- half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play.
- Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪntɚvəl/
Etymology
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”).
Related words
space between
fitful
entr’acte
intervalle
intervallo
Intervall
intervalo
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διάστημα interwał
interval
intervallum odstęp
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