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Interval
//ˈɪntəvəl// noun
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Noun
- 1 A distance in space.
"'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval."
- 2 the distance between things wordnet
- 3 A period of time.
"the interval between contractions during childbirth"
- 4 a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints wordnet
- 5 The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).
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- 6 the difference in pitch between two notes wordnet
- 7 A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
- 8 a definite length of time marked off by two instants wordnet
- 9 An intermission. British, India
- 10 half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play.
"Spain made three substitutions at the interval, sending on former Arsenal captain Fabregas, Chelsea's Juan Mata and Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina for Xavi, David Silva and Casillas."
- 11 Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play.
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”).
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