interval
//ˈɪntəvəʊ//
formalForms
- Plural
- intervals
Definitions
1.A distance in space.
- 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval.
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.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4781
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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”).