interval : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: interval	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
interval n a definite length of time marked off by two instants [syn: time interval, interval] a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning" Synonym(s): interval, separation the difference in pitch between two notes Synonym(s): interval, musical interval
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interval \In"terval\, Intervale \In"tervale\, n. A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. {Bottom}, n., 7. [Local, U. S.] The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land. --The Century.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interval \In"terval\, n. [L. intervallum; inter between + vallum a wall: cf. F. intervalle. See {Wall}.] 1. A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval* between two houses or hills. 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, A dreadful interval. --Milton. 2. Space of time between any two points or events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and the accession of Charles II. 3. A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium. 4. (Mus.) Difference in pitch between any two tones. {At intervals}, coming or happening with intervals between; now and then. [bd]And Miriam watch'd and dozed at intervals.[b8] --Tennyson. {Augmented interval} (Mus.), an interval increased by half a step or half a tone.