English Explanatory Dictionary

interval

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪntəvəʊ/ /ˈɪntɚvəl/ En-us-interval.ogg en-au-interval.ogg

Word forms

interval intervals

Etymology

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”).

Derived words

augmented interval bit interval Boutellier interval compound interval confidence interval contour interval devil's interval diminished interval equal-interval chord even-interval generic interval high-intensity interval training hyperinterval interval class interval cycle intervaled intervalize intervallic intervally interval of time intervalometer interval time interval training interval transit time interval variable lucid interval major interval midinterval minor interval mixed-interval chord musical interval perfect interval postmortem interval punctured interval QT interval serial interval superfluous interval surface interval time interval unit interval vertical interval Wilson score interval wolf interval

Translations

Finnish: erätauko Tamil: இடைவெளி
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