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in⋅ter⋅val

  [in-ter-vuhl]
–noun
1. an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
2. a period of temporary cessation; pause: intervals between the volleys of gunfire.
3. a space between things, points, limits, etc.; interspace: an interval of ten feet between posts.
4. Mathematics.
a. the totality of points on a line between two designated points or endpoints that may or may not be included.
b. 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.
—Idiom
10. at intervals,
a. at particular periods of time; now and then: At intervals, there were formal receptions at the governor's mansion.
b. at particular places, with gaps in between: detour signs at intervals along the highway.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME intervall(e) < L intervallum interval, lit., space between two palisades. See inter-, wall

Related forms:
in⋅ter⋅val⋅ic, in⋅ter⋅val⋅lic  [in-ter-val-ik] , adjective

Synonyms:
3. opening, gap, separation, gulf.
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interval 
c.1300, from O.Fr. intervalle (14c.), earlier entreval (13c.), from L.L. intervallum, originally "space between palisades or ramparts," from inter- "between" + vallum "rampart." Metaphoric sense of "gap in time" was present in L.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·ter·val
Pronunciation: 'int-&r-v&l
Function: noun
: a space of time between occurrences of a recurring condition orstate <intervals between coughing spells> <intervals of sanity>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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interval in·ter·val (ĭn'tər-vəl)
n.

  1. A space between two objects, points, or units.

  2. The amount of time between two specified instants, events, or states.

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