Word: Interval
How to pronounce: ˈɪntəvəl
Noun
Definitions:
1. An intervening time or space.
Example sentences: "After his departure, there was an interval of many years without any meetings"
2. A pause or break in activity.
Example sentences: "An interval of mourning"
3. A space between two things; a gap.
Example sentences: "There was nothing in the four feet wide gap but windowless knobbed doors spaced at even intervals; none of them had a label in which to portray the doors' purposes."
4. The difference in pitch between two musical sounds.
Example sentences: "In tonal music the intervals between the successive pitches are not literally replicated but become the equivalents within the diatonic scale."
Synonyms:
spacing
timespan
range
distance
increment
frequency interval
separation
timeout
interruption
gap
period
interregnum
segment
hiccup
hiatus
interim
intermission
interlude
break
pause
time slot
time slice
Derivations:
intervale
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Interval in Other Languages...
Spanish: Intervalo
German: Intervall
French: Intervalle
Italian: Intervallo
Turkish: Aralıklı
