interval.
A distance in space.
Meaning & usage
A distance in space.
A period of time.
the interval between contractions during childbirth
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.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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