[syn: interval, musical interval]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Interval \In"ter*val\, n. [L. intervallum; inter between +
vallum a wall: cf. F. intervalle. See Wall.]
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1. A space between things; a void space intervening between
any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or
hills.
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'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left,
A dreadful interval. --Milton.
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2. Space of time between any two points or events; as, the
interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and
the accession of Charles II.
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3. A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar
conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms
of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium.
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4. (Mus.) Difference in pitch between any two tones.
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At intervals, coming or happening with intervals between;
now and then. "And Miriam watch'd and dozed at intervals."
--Tennyson.
Augmented interval (Mus.), an interval increased by half a
step or half a tone. Interval
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Interval \In"ter*val\, Intervale \In"ter*vale\, n.
A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a
stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings
of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the
adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7. [Local, U. S.]
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The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land. --The
Century.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
interval
n 1: a definite length of time marked off by two instants [syn:
time interval, interval]
2: a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two
given endpoints
3: the distance between things; "fragile items require
separation and cushioning" [syn: interval, separation]
4: the difference in pitch between two notes [syn: interval,
musical interval]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
185 Moby Thesaurus words for "interval":
abeyance, amount, aperture, arrearage, breach, break, broaching,
caesura, caliber, cavity, cease-fire, cessation, chasm, check,
clearing, cleft, coffee break, comma, compass,
consecutive intervals, crack, cut, day, day off, defalcation,
defect, deficiency, deficit, degree, delay, diapason, diatessaron,
diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, disclosure, discontinuity,
distance, downtime, drop, enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval,
extent, fateful moment, fenestra, fifth, fissure, fistula,
fontanel, foramen, fourth, gap, gape, gat, grade, gulf, half step,
half time, half-time intermission, halftone, height, hesitation,
hiatus, hole, holiday, hollow, hour, inlet, instant, interim,
interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interregnum,
interruption, interstice, juncture, kairos, lack, lacuna, lapse,
laying open, layoff, leak, leap, less semitone, letup, level, lull,
mark, meantime, meanwhile, measure, melodic interval, minute,
missing link, moment, moment of truth, need, notch, note, nuance,
octave, off-time, omission, opening, opening up, orifice, outage,
outlet, parallel octaves, parenthesis, pas, passageway, pause, peg,
period, pitch, plane, plateau, point, point of repose, pore,
pregnant moment, proportion, psychological moment, quiet spell,
range, ratio, reach, recess, relief, remission, remove, respite,
rest, resting point, round, rung, scale, scope, season, second,
semitone, seventh, shade, shadow, shortage, sixth, slot, space,
span, spell, split, stage, stair, stand-down, standard, stay, step,
stint, stoma, stretch, suspension, third, throwing open, time,
time lag, time off, time out, tone, tread, truce, ullage,
uncorking, unison interval, unstopping, vacation, void, wait, want,
wantage, while, whole step, yawn
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
interval
A set of real numbers bounded by two real
numbers - the endpoints or bounds. The set may or may not
include either endpoint, leading to four possibilities:
closed [a, b] a <= x <= b
open (a, b) a < x < b
left-open, right-closed (a, b] a < x <=b
left-closed, right-open [a, b) a <= x < b
See closed interval, open interval.
(2015-04-26)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
INTERVAL. A space of time between two periods. When a person is unable to
perform an act at any two given periods, but in the interval he has
performed such act, as when a man is found to be insane in the months of
January and March, and he enters into a contract or makes a will in the
interval, in February, he will be presumed to have been insane at that time;
and the onus will lie to show his sanity, on the person who affirms such
act. See Lucid interval.