interval
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪntɚvəl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪntəvəl/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: in‧ter‧val
Noun[edit]
interval (plural intervals)
- A distance in space.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], 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 […]
- A period of time.
- the interval between contractions during childbirth
- (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).
- (mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
- (chiefly Britain) An intermission.
- (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.
- (cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play
Hyponyms[edit]
- (mathematics): open interval, half-open interval, closed interval, sub-interval/subinterval,
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Translations[edit]
distance in space
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period of time
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music: distance in pitch of notes
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section of the real line
intermission — see intermission
sports:half time — see half time
cricket: break between sessions
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Further reading[edit]
- interval in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- interval in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- interval at OneLook Dictionary Search
Interval on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Interval in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin intervallum.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /in.təɾˈval/
- (Central) IPA(key): /in.tərˈbal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /in.teɾˈval/
Noun[edit]
interval m (plural intervals)
Further reading[edit]
- “interval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “interval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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.
Czech[edit]
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Noun[edit]
interval m inan
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Further reading[edit]
- interval in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- interval in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
interval n (plural intervallen, diminutive intervalletje n)
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French intervalle, from Latin intervallum.
Noun[edit]
interval n (plural intervale)
Declension[edit]
Declension of interval
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) interval | intervalul | (niște) intervale | intervalele |
genitive/dative | (unui) interval | intervalului | (unor) intervale | intervalelor |
vocative | intervalule | intervalelor |
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
intèrvāl m (Cyrillic spelling интѐрва̄л)
Declension[edit]
Declension of interval
singular | plural | |
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nominative | intèrvāl | intervali |
genitive | intervála | intervala |
dative | intervalu | intervalima |
accusative | interval | intervale |
vocative | intervale | intervali |
locative | intervalu | intervalima |
instrumental | intervalom | intervalima |
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