interval
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interval
- /ˈɪntəvəl/ UK
- /ˈɪntɚvəl/ US
Where it 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”).
noun intervals
- A distance in space. 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval.
- 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. 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.
- Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: time interval, separation, musical interval, period, duration, spacing, proximity, timing, interim, meanwhile, segment, series, tranche, deadline, amount, frequency
Translations
Every language
noun distance in space
| Español | intervalo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 간격 gan'gyeok |
| 日本語 | 間隔 kankaku |
| 中文 | 間隔 /间隔 jiàngé, 間隙 /间隙 jiànxì |
| हिन्दी | अंतराल antrāl |
| Português | intervalo |
| Français | intervalle |
| Deutsch | Abstand, Zwischenraum |
| Italiano | intervallo |
| Ελληνικά | απόσταση apóstasi |
| Română | interval, distanță |
| Русский | интерва́л intɛrvál, промежу́ток promežútok, расстоя́ние rasstojánije |
| العربية | فَاصِل fāṣil |
noun period of time
| Español | intervalo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 간격 gan'gyeok |
| 日本語 | 間隔 kankaku |
| 中文 | 間隔 /间隔 jiàngé, 間隙 /间隙 jiànxì |
| हिन्दी | अंतराल antrāl |
| Português | intervalo |
| Français | intervalle |
| Deutsch | Intervall |
| Italiano | intervallo |
| Ελληνικά | διάστημα diástima, περίοδος períodos, διάλειμμα diáleimma |
| Română | interval |
| Русский | интерва́л intɛrvál, промежу́ток promežútok |
| Tiếng Việt | khoảng thời gian |
| العربية | مُدَّة mudda, فَتْرَة fatra |
noun music: distance in pitch of notes
| 한국어 | 음정 eumjeong |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 音程 ontei |
| 中文 | 音程 yīnchéng |
| Deutsch | Intervall |
| Italiano | intervallo |
| Română | interval |
| Русский | интерва́л intɛrvál |
| العربية | مَسَافَة masāfa |
noun section of the real line
| Español | intervalo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 구간 gugan |
| 日本語 | 区間 kukan |
| 中文 | 區間 /区间 qūjiān |
| Português | intervalo |
| Français | intervalle |
| Italiano | intervallo |
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