Interval

Noun

 * 1) A distance in space.
 * 2) A period of time.
 * 3)  The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).
 * 4)  A connected section of the real line which  may be empty or have a length of zero.
 * 5)  An intermission.
 * 6)  Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play

Adjectives for Interval
irregular; fitting; considerable; feeding; torpid; measured; painful; equidistant; suitable; stated; frequent (plural); wide; fathomless; varying (plural); tranquil; rapid; indeterminate; endless; rare; twilight; reasonable; precious; dreadful; starless; recurring; lucid; mystical; harmonic; immeasurable; brief; stipulated; enormous; ensuing; conceivable; stolen; lesser; unflattering; spasmodic; long; slender;

Verbs for Interval
administer at—s; bridge—; consider in—; designate at—s; doze at—s; fill—; fritter away—; grant—; increase—s; pause for—; regulate—s; review—; sleep at—s; span—; —annoys; —delays; —separates; —vanishes.

Thesaurus
pause, peg, period, pitch, plane, plateau, point, point of repose, pore, pregnant moment, proportion, psychological moment, quiet spell, range, ratio, reach, recess, relief, remission, remove, respite, rest, resting point, round, rung, scale, scope, season, second, semitone, seventh, shade, shadow, shortage, sixth, slot, space, span, spell, split, stage, stair, stand-down, standard, stay, step, stint, stoma, stretch, suspension, third, throwing open, time, time lag, time off, time out, tone, tread, truce, ullage, uncorking, unison interval, unstopping, vacation, void, wait, want, wantage, while, whole step, yawn, abeyance, amount, aperture, arrearage, breach, break, broaching, caesura, caliber, cavity, cease-fire, cessation, chasm, check, clearing, cleft, coffee break, comma, compass, consecutive intervals, crack, cut, day, day off, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, degree, delay, diapason, diatessaron, diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, disclosure, discontinuity, distance, downtime, drop, enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval, extent, fateful moment, fenestra, fifth, fissure, fistula, fontanel, foramen, fourth, gap, gape, gat, grade, gulf, half step, half time, half-time intermission, halftone, height, hesitation, hiatus, hole, holiday, hollow, hour, inlet, instant, interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interruption, interstice, juncture, kairos, lack, lacuna, lapse, laying open, layoff, leak, leap, less semitone, letup, level, lull, mark, meantime, meanwhile, measure, melodic interval, minute, missing link, moment, moment of truth, need, notch, note, nuance, octave, off-time, omission, opening, opening up, orifice, outage, outlet, parallel octaves, parenthesis, pas, passageway,

Etymology
From intervalle: <  intervallum: < inter: + vallum:.

Hyponyms

 * open interval, half-open interval, closed interval

Related terms

 * interval class
 * interval cycle

Translations

 * Arabic: فاصل
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  間隙,  间隙
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: vahemik
 * French:
 * Greek: απόσταση


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Polish: interwał
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: interval, distanță
 * Russian: ,


 * Arabic: مدة
 * Basque: tarte
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  間隙,  间隙
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: vahemik
 * French:
 * Greek: ,


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Polish: interwał
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: interval
 * Russian: ,
 * Volapük: vütim

Noun

 * 1) interval

Derived terms

 * intervalový

Noun

 * 1) interval