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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

intervallic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɪntɚˈvælɪk/ (US)
  • ĭntərvăʹlĭk (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɪntəˈvælɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From intervall(um) + -ic.

Meanings

  1. Of, or pertaining to, intervals.
    • The two Integrations of 1967 are the most intervallic of the selections here, emphasizing minor ninths and “minor” fifths (13 quarter tones), and, in the second Integration, setting up simultaneous “rotations” of descending and ascending “minor” fifths. 1979, Joel Flegler, Fanfare, volume 3, numbers 1-3, self-published, page 161:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more intervallic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
intervalic alternative lexicographic
most intervallic Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

intervallically