interval
Meanings
Plural: intervals
Noun
- a definite length of time marked off by two instants
- a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints
- the distance between things
- the difference in pitch between two notes
- A distance in space.
- A period of time.
- 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.
- An intermission.
- half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play
- Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
musical interval, separation, time interval
Scrabble Score: 11
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Words With Friends Score: 14
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