interval

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A distance in space.

   'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval.

2. 2
   noun

   A period of time.

   the interval between contractions during childbirth

3. 3
   noun

   half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play.

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   the distance between things

5. 5
   noun

   a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints

6. 6
   noun

   the difference in pitch between two notes

7. 7
   noun

   a definite length of time marked off by two instants

8. 8
   noun

   The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).

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”).