interval en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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”).
Meanings
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A distance in space.
'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval.
1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:[M]any attempts were made to prevent the spreading of it [the fire] by pulling down Houses, and making great Intervals, but all in vain, the Fire seizing upon the Timber and Rubbish, and so continuing it set even through those spaces […]
1666 September 8, The London Gazette:
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A period of time.
the interval between contractions during childbirth
- 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.
- (India, UK) An intermission.
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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.
2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:
- Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| intervals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
lucid interval · generic interval · interval variable · unit interval · interval transit time · interval class · diminished interval · intervally · midinterval · intervallic · even-interval · augmented interval · postmortem interval · perfect interval · minor interval · compound interval · musical interval · QT interval · bit interval · contour interval · time interval · interval time · vertical interval · devil's interval · serial interval · surface interval · Wilson score interval · major interval · mixed-interval chord · interval of time · intervalometer · interval training · equal-interval chord · intervaled · superfluous interval · confidence interval · intervalize · high-intensity interval training · hyperinterval · punctured interval · interval cycle · wolf interval · Boutellier interval
Hyponyms
sub-interval · subinterval · half-open interval · open interval · closed interval
Translations (175)
ta இடைவெளி (distance in space) · et vahemik (period of time) · es intervalo (distance in space) · ota خلال (distance in space) · fa بازه (distance in space) · uk промі́жок (distance in space) · cmn 間隔 /间隔 (period of time) · gd eadar-thamall (period of time) · ms jeda (period of time) · fi erätauko (cricket: break between sessions) · id lat (distance in space) · hi अंतराल (distance in space) · hu intervallum (period of time) · be інтэрва́л (period of time) · ru интерва́л (music: distance in pitch of notes) · nb intervall (distance in space) · nl interval (distance in space) · gu મધ્યાંતર (distance in space) · el διάλειμμα (period of time) · cmn 間隙 /间隙 (distance in space) · tr ara (distance in space) · ru промежу́ток (distance in space) · bg отсе́чка (section of the real line) · bni eleko (period of time) · de Intervall (period of time) · ka ინტერვალი (period of time) · ota آرا (distance in space) · vec tòch (period of time) · ka შუალედი (period of time) · ka მანძილი (distance in space) · tl patlang (distance in space) · ko 간격 (period of time) · el απόσταση (distance in space) · ja 間隔 (distance in space) · it intervallo (section of the real line) · mwl anterbalo (period of time) · el διάστημα (period of time) · es intervalo (period of time) · fi väli (section of the real line) · grc διάλειμμα (distance in space) · nb intervall (period of time) · de Zwischenraum (distance in space) · de Intervall (music: distance in pitch of notes) · vec intervalo (period of time) · hu időköz (period of time) · ko 음정 (music: distance in pitch of notes) · ast intervalu (distance in space) · bn মুদ্দত (period of time) · bg интерва́л (music: distance in pitch of notes) · sv tidsintervall (period of time) · ota آرالق (period of time) · grc διάλειμμα (period of time) · cmn 間隔 /间隔 (distance in space) · cs interval (distance in space) · vi khoảng thời gian (period of time) · ka ინტერვალი (music: distance in pitch of notes) · uk інтерва́л (distance in space) · pt intervalo (period of time) · lad tòch (period of time) · fi intervalli (music: distance in pitch of notes) · mi āpuru (distance in space) · ota آرا (period of time) · hu hangköz (music: distance in pitch of notes) · ko 간격 (distance in space) · ja 間隔 (period of time) · bg интерва́л (period of time) · fr intervalle (period of time) · mk растојание (distance in space) · tl patlang (music: distance in pitch of notes) · gl intervalo (period of time) · cs interval (period of time) · vec toco (distance in space) · uk інтерва́л (period of time) · ru интерва́л (distance in space) · id selang (distance in space) · mi mokorawhā (distance in space) · ro interval (period of time) · mi mokowā (distance in space) · it intervallo (period of time) · ar فَتْرَة (period of time) · ru интерва́л (period of time) · vec tòco (distance in space) · ro interval (music: distance in pitch of notes) · it intervallo (music: distance in pitch of notes) · ta இடைவெளி (period of time) · th ระยะ (distance in space) · alt ара (distance in space) · pt intervalo (section of the real line) · nn intervall (music: distance in pitch of notes) · ko 구간 (section of the real line) · pt intervalo (distance in space) · th ตอน (period of time) · ar مَسَافَة (music: distance in pitch of notes) · el περίοδος (period of time) · vo vütim (period of time) · ka დაშორება (distance in space) · mi āputa (music: distance in pitch of notes) · mk интерва́л (section of the real line) · sv intervall (section of the real line) · haw lele (music: distance in pitch of notes) · cs interval (section of the real line) · fi aika (period of time) · mi whakamatuatanga (period of time) · hu térköz (distance in space) · ar مُدَّة (period of time) · la intervallum (distance in space) · hu táv (distance in space) · de Abstand (distance in space) · bg разстоя́ние (distance in space) · pl przedział (section of the real line) · cmn 間隙 /间隙 (period of time) · nn mellomrom (period of time) · uk інтерва́л (music: distance in pitch of notes) · nl interval (period of time) · ro distanță (distance in space) · ln eleko (period of time) · cmn 區間 /区间 (section of the real line) · mk ме́ѓувреме (period of time) · sv intervall (music: distance in pitch of notes) · pl interwał (period of time) · fr intervalle (section of the real line) · fi välimatka (distance in space) · mk меѓупростор (distance in space) · la intervallum (period of time) · nb mellomrom (period of time) · ta இடைவெளி (section of the real line) · az aralıq (distance in space) · gd eadar-thamall (distance in space) · cmn 音程 (music: distance in pitch of notes) · hi अंतराल (period of time) · nb intervall (music: distance in pitch of notes) · th ช่วง (distance in space) · ota آرالق (distance in space) · hu köz (distance in space) · ta இடைவெளி (cricket: break between sessions) · pl interwał (distance in space) · ar فَاصِل (distance in space) · uk промі́жок (period of time) · be праме́жак (distance in space) · pl odstęp (distance in space) · gl intervalo (distance in space) · ru промежу́ток (period of time) · fi aikaväli (period of time) · vec tòco (period of time) · ja 音程 (music: distance in pitch of notes) · et vahemik (distance in space) · ms jeda (distance in space) · tr aralık (period of time) · it intervallo (distance in space) · vec tòch (distance in space) · lt tarpas (distance in space) · kn ಮಧ್ಯಂತರ (distance in space) · ro interval (distance in space) · ka დროის მონაკვეთი (period of time) · hu távolság (distance in space) · pl interwał (music: distance in pitch of notes) · ca interval (distance in space) · nn intervall (period of time) · nl interval (music: distance in pitch of notes) · be праме́жак (period of time) · ja 区間 (section of the real line) · sv intervall (period of time) · es intervalo (section of the real line) · eo intertempo (period of time) · fr intervalle (distance in space) · ga eadar-àm (period of time) · ota مابین (distance in space) · eu tarte (period of time) · mk интерва́л (period of time) · bg промежду́тък (distance in space) · be інтэрва́л (music: distance in pitch of notes) · bg интерва́л (distance in space) · be інтэрва́л (distance in space) · mi houanga (period of time) · ru расстоя́ние (distance in space)