interval

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Etymology

From Old French intervalle, 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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Noun

interval (plural intervals)

1. A distance in space.
2. A period of time.
3. (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).
4. (mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
5. (chiefly UK) An intermission.
6. (sports) half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play
   • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, BBC Sport:

     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.

7. (cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play

Hyponyms

• (mathematics): open interval, half-open interval, closed interval

Related terms

• interval class
• interval cycle

Translations

a distance in space

Arabic: فاصل (ar) (fāṣil) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 間隔 (cmn), 间隔 (cmn) (jiàngé), 間隙 (cmn), 间隙 (cmn) (jiànxì) Czech: interval (cs) m. Estonian: vahemik (et) French: intervalle (fr) m. German: Abstand (de) m., Zwischenraum (de) m., Intervall (de) n. Greek: απόσταση (el) (apóstasi) f.

Hungarian: köz (hu) Italian: intervallo (it) m. Japanese: 間隔 (ja) (かんかく, kankaku) Latin: intervallum (la) m. Polish: interwał (pl) Portuguese: intervalo (pt) m. Romanian: interval (ro) n., distanță (ro) f. Russian: интервал (ru) (intervál) m., промежуток (ru) (promežútok) m.

a period of time

Arabic: مدة (ar) (múdda) f., فترة (ar) (fátra) f. Basque: tarte (eu) Chinese: Mandarin: 間隔 (cmn), 间隔 (cmn) (jiàngé), 間隙 (cmn), 间隙 (cmn) (jiànxì) Czech: interval (cs) m. Estonian: vahemik (et) French: intervalle (fr) m. German: Intervall (de) n. Greek: διάστημα (el) (diástima) n., διάλειμμα (el) (diáleimma) n.

Hungarian: köz (hu) Italian: intervallo (it) m. Japanese: 間隔 (ja) (かんかく, kankaku) Latin: intervallum (la) m. Polish: interwał (pl) Portuguese: intervalo (pt) m. Romanian: interval (ro) n. Russian: интервал (ru) (intervál) m., промежуток (ru) (promežútok) m. Volapük: vütim (vo)

External links

• interval in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• interval in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• interval at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Noun

interval m.

1. interval (mathematics)

Derived terms

• intervalový

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /intěrʋaːl/
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧val

Noun

intèrvāl m. (Cyrillic spelling интѐрва̄л)

1. interval

Declension

    declension of interval

	singular	plural
nominative	intèrvāl	intervali
genitive	intervála	intervala
dative	intervalu	intervalima
accusative	interval	intervale
vocative	intervale	intervali
locative	intervalu	intervalima
instrumental	intervalom	intervalima