interval
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪntɚvəl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪntəvəl/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: in‧ter‧val
Noun
[edit]interval (plural intervals)
- A distance in space.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval.
- 1666 September 8, The London Gazette:
- [M]any attempts were made to prevent the spreading of it [the fire] by pulling down Houses, and making great Intervals, but all in vain, the Fire seizing upon the Timber and Rubbish, and so continuing it set even through those spaces […]
- A period of time.
- the interval between contractions during childbirth
- (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).
- (mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
- (chiefly British) An intermission.
- (sports) half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play
- 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- 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.
- (cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play
Hyponyms
[edit]- (mathematics): open interval, half-open interval, closed interval, sub-interval/subinterval,
Derived terms
[edit]- augmented interval
- bit interval
- Boutellier interval
- compound interval
- confidence interval
- contour interval
- devil's interval
- diminished interval
- equal-interval chord
- even-interval
- generic interval
- high-intensity interval training
- interval class
- interval cycle
- interval of time
- interval time
- interval training
- interval transit time
- interval variable
- lucid interval
- major interval
- minor interval
- mixed-interval chord
- musical interval
- perfect interval
- punctured interval
- serial interval
- superfluous interval
- time interval
- unit interval
- vertical interval
- Wilson score interval
- wolf interval
Translations
[edit]distance in space
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period of time
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music: distance in pitch of notes
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section of the real line
intermission — see intermission
sports:half time — see half time
cricket: break between sessions
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Further reading
[edit]- “interval”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “interval”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “interval”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Interval on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Interval in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin intervallum.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [in.tərˈbal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [in.tərˈval]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [in.teɾˈval]
Noun
[edit]interval m (plural intervals)
Further reading
[edit]- “interval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “interval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “interval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “interval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]interval m inan
Declension
[edit]Declension of interval (hard masculine inanimate)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | interval | intervaly |
genitive | intervalu | intervalů |
dative | intervalu | intervalům |
accusative | interval | intervaly |
vocative | intervale | intervaly |
locative | intervalu | intervalech |
instrumental | intervalem | intervaly |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “interval”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “interval”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]interval n (plural intervallen, diminutive intervalletje n)
Derived terms
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[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French intervalle, from Latin intervallum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]interval n (plural intervale)
Declension
[edit]Declension of interval
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) interval | intervalul | (niște) intervale | intervalele |
genitive/dative | (unui) interval | intervalului | (unor) intervale | intervalelor |
vocative | intervalule | intervalelor |
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]intèrvāl m (Cyrillic spelling интѐрва̄л)
Declension
[edit]Declension of interval
singular | plural | |
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nominative | intèrvāl | intervali |
genitive | intervála | intervala |
dative | intervalu | intervalima |
accusative | interval | intervale |
vocative | intervale | intervali |
locative | intervalu | intervalima |
instrumental | intervalom | intervalima |
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