interval

English Online Dictionary. What means interval‎? What does interval mean?

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/
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧val

Noun

interval (plural intervals)

1. A distance in space.
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 British) An intermission.
6. (sports) half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play
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,

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• “interval”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “interval”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “interval”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Interval on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Interval in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intervallum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [in.tərˈbal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [in.tərˈval]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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, 2024
• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪntɛrval]

Noun

interval m inan

1. (mathematics) interval

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “interval”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “interval”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntərvɑl/

Noun

interval n (plural intervallen, diminutive intervalletje n)

1. interval

Derived terms

• integratie-interval

See also

• tussenruimte

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intervalle, from Latin intervallum.

Pronunciation

Noun

interval n (plural intervale)

1. interval

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intěrʋaːl/
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧val

Noun

intèrvāl m (Cyrillic spelling интѐрва̄л)

1. interval

Declension