interval

Etymology

From Old French intervalle, 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”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɚvəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntəvəl/

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• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧val

Noun

interval (plural intervals)

1. A distance in space.
   • Milton

     'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval.

2. A period of time.

   the interval between contractions during childbirth

3. (music) 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. (mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
5. (chiefly Britain) An intermission.
6. (sports) half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play
   • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎:

     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.

7. (cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play

Further reading

• interval in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• interval in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• interval at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Interval on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Interval in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Noun

interval m (plural intervals)

1. interval

Noun

interval m

1. interval (mathematics)

Further reading

• interval in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• interval in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntərvɑl/

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Noun

interval n (plural intervallen, diminutive intervalletje n)

1. interval

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intěrʋaːl/
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧val

Noun

intèrvāl m (Cyrillic spelling интѐрва̄л)

1. interval