3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interval \In"ter*val\, n. [L. intervallum; inter between +
vallum a wall: cf F. intervalle. See {Wall}.]
1. A space between things a void space intervening between
any two objects; as an interval between two houses or
hills.
'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left A
dreadful interval. --Milton.
2. Space of time between any two points or events; as the
interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and
the accession of Charles II
3. A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar
conditions or states; as the interval between paroxysms
of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium.
4. (Mus.) Difference in pitch between any two tones.
{At intervals}, coming or happening with intervals between;
now and then. ``And Miriam watch'd and dozed at
intervals.'' --Tennyson.
{Augmented interval} (Mus.), an interval increased by half a
step or half a tone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interval \In"ter*val\, Intervale \In"ter*vale\, n.
A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a
stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings
of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the
adjacent hills. Cf {Bottom}, n., 7. [Local, U. S.]
The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land. --The
Century.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
interval
n 1: a definite length of time marked off by two instants [syn: {time
interval}]
2: a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between
two given endpoints
3: the distance between things "fragile items require
separation and cushioning" [syn: {separation}]
4: the difference in pitch between two notes [syn: {musical
interval}]
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