interval

English

Etymology

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɚvəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntəvəl/

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• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧val

Noun

interval (plural intervals)

1. A distance in space.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 6”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval.

   • 1666, 8 September, 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 […]

2. A period of time.

   the interval between contractions during childbirth

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 Britain) An intermission.
6. (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.

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, sub-interval/subinterval,

Related terms

• interval class
• interval cycle

Translations

distance in space

• Arabic: فَاصِل‎ m (fāṣil)
• Azerbaijani: aralıq (az)
• Bulgarian: разстояние (bg) n (razstojanie), промеждутък (bg) m (promeždutǎk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 間隔 (zh), 间隔 (zh) (jiàngé), 間隙 (zh), 间隙 (zh) (jiànxì)

• Czech: interval (cs) m
• Dutch: interval (nl) n
• Estonian: vahemik
• Finnish: välimatka (fi)
• French: intervalle (fr) m
• Galician: intervalo m
• German: Abstand (de) m, Zwischenraum (de) m
• Greek: απόσταση (el) f (apóstasi)

  Ancient: διάλειμμα n (diáleimma)

• Gujarati: મધ્યાંતર (madhyāntar)
• Hungarian: köz (hu), térköz, távolság (hu), táv (hu)
• Italian: intervallo (it) m

• Japanese: 間隔 (ja) (かんかく, kankaku)
• Kannada: ಮಧ್ಯಂತರ (kn) (madhyantara)
• Latin: intervallum m
• Lithuanian: tarpas m
• Macedonian: растојание n (rastojanie), меѓупростор m (meǵuprostor)
• Maori: mokowā, mokorawhā, āpuru
• Norwegian: intervall
• Polish: interwał (pl), odstęp (pl) m
• Portuguese: intervalo (pt) m
• Romanian: interval (ro) n, distanță (ro) f
• Russian: интерва́л (ru) m (intɛrvál), промежу́ток (ru) m (promežútok)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-thamall m
• Tagalog: patlang
• Thai: ช่วง (th) (chûuang), ระยะ (th) (rá-yá)
• Turkish: ara (tr)
• Venetian: tòco (vec) m, tòch (vec) m, toco (vec) m

period of time

• Arabic: مُدَّة‎ f (mudda), فَتْرَة‎ f (fatra)
• Basque: tarte (eu)
• Bulgarian: интервал (bg) (interval)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 間隔 (zh), 间隔 (zh) (jiàngé), 間隙 (zh), 间隙 (zh) (jiànxì)

• Czech: interval (cs) m
• Dutch: interval (nl) n
• Estonian: vahemik
• Finnish: aika (fi), aikaväli (fi)
• French: intervalle (fr) m
• Galician: intervalo m
• Georgian: ვადა (ka) (vada)
• German: Intervall (de) n
• Greek: διάστημα (el) n (diástima), διάλειμμα (el) n (diáleimma)

  Ancient: διάλειμμα n (diáleimma)

• Hungarian: időköz (hu), intervallum (hu)
• Irish: eadar-àm m
• Italian: intervallo (it) m
• Japanese: 間隔 (ja) (かんかく, kankaku)
• Ladino: tòch m
• Latin: intervallum m

• Macedonian: ме́ѓувреме (méǵuvreme), {{t|mk|интерва́л|m|
• Maori: houanga, whakamatuatanga
• Mirandese: anterbalo m
• Norwegian: intervall

  Bokmål: mellomrom n, intervall n

  Nynorsk: mellomrom n, intervall n

• Polish: interwał (pl)
• Portuguese: intervalo (pt) m
• Romanian: interval (ro) n
• Russian: интерва́л (ru) m (intɛrvál), промежу́ток (ru) m (promežútok)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-thamall m
• Spanish: intervalo (es) m
• Swedish: intervall (sv) n, tidsintervall (sv) n
• Thai: ตอน (th) (dtɔɔn)
• Turkish: aralık (tr)
• Venetian: intervalo m, tòco (vec) m, tòch (vec) m
• Vietnamese: khoảng thời gian
• Volapük: vütim (vo)

music: distance in pitch of notes

• Bulgarian: интервал (bg) m (interval)
• Dutch: interval (nl) n
• Finnish: intervalli (fi)
• German: Intervall (de) n
• Hungarian: hangköz (hu)
• Italian: intervallo (it) m
• Maori: āputa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: intervall n

  Nynorsk: intervall n

• Polish: interwał (pl) m
• Romanian: interval (ro) n
• Swedish: intervall (sv) n
• Tagalog: patlang

section of the real line

• Bulgarian: отсечка (bg) f (otsečka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 区间 (zh) (qūjiān)

• Czech: interval (cs) m
• Finnish: väli (fi)
• Italian: intervallo (it) m

• Korean: 구간 (ko) (gugan)
• Macedonian: интерва́л m (intervál)
• Polish: przedział (pl) m
• Swedish: intervall (sv) n

intermission — see intermission

sports:half time — see half time

cricket: break between sessions

• Finnish: erätauko

Further reading

• 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
• Interval on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Interval in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin intervallum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /in.təɾˈval/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /in.tərˈbal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.teɾˈval/

Noun

interval m (plural intervals)

1. interval

Further reading

• “interval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “interval” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪntɛrval]

Noun

interval m inan

1. (mathematics) interval

Derived terms

• intervalový
• otevřený interval
• uzavřený interval
• interval spolehlivosti
• konfidenční interval

Further reading

• interval in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• interval in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntərvɑl/

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Noun

interval n (plural intervallen, diminutive intervalletje n)

1. interval

Derived terms

• integratie-interval

See also

• tussenruimte

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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