Definitions for interval

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interval in·ter·val

Spelling: [in-ter-vuh l]

IPA: /ˈɪn tər vəl/

Interval is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 466 anagrams from letters in interval (aeilnrtv).

Definitions for interval

noun

1. an intervening period of time:
2. a period of temporary cessation; pause:
3. a space between things, points, limits, etc.; interspace:
4. Mathematics. the totality of points on a line between two designated points or endpoints that may or may not be included. any generalization of this to higher dimensions, as a rectangle with sides parallel to the coordinate axes.
5. the space between soldiers or units in military formation.
6. Music. the difference in pitch between two tones, as between two tones sounded simultaneously (harmonic interval) or between two tones sounded successively (melodic interval)
7. Chiefly New England. intervale.
8. Cards. a period in a game for placing bets.
9. British. an intermission, as between the acts of a play.

Idioms

1. at intervals, at particular periods of time; now and then: at particular places, with gaps in between:

Origin of interval

1250-1300; Middle English intervall(e) Latin intervallum interval, literally, space between two palisades. See inter-, wall

Examples for interval

It would be a great help if, in the interval, party supporters refrained from looking or sounding like raving madmen.

This interval workout only requires four minutes to complete, but can be repeated as part of a 15 or 20-minute routine.

What sums did I spend during this interval in expedition-money to Time!

After her first audible prompt, which came shortly after the interval, the audience sat patiently.

The Assistant Commissioner, who could not see them, grew a little nervous in the interval.

The interval between possession and hell was short,” he says, “though I admit it was wonderful.

Proust is a world, and to return to him after an interval away is to discover and rediscover very different things each time.

So K. waited for "the season," and ate his heart out for Sidney in the interval.

After an interval she added: "Only mother is here—always with me."

I dared not press him with more questions; but after an interval he said plainly: "She is not there now."