Dictionary Thesaurus Word Dynamo Quotes Reference Translator Spanish

intervals

[in-ter-vuhl]

Example Sentences Origin

Intervals Time Tracking www.myintervals.com Track Tasks, Time & Projects Easily Fast Setup, Free Trial. Try Now!

Intervals www.pronto.com Find Intervals at Great Prices.

Intervals Definition Dictionary.com Find Definitions For Any Word.Get Your Free Dictionary.com Toolbar.

Ads

noun

an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.

a period of temporary cessation; pause: intervals between the volleys of gunfire.

a space between things, points, limits, etc.; interspace: an interval of ten feet between posts.

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.

the space between soldiers or units in military formation.

EXPAND

Music. the difference in pitch between two tones, as between two tones sounded simultaneously (harmonic interval) or between two tones sounded successively (melodic interval).

Chiefly New England. intervale.

Cards. a period in a game for placing bets.

British. an intermission, as between the acts of a play.

COLLAPSE

Idiom

10.

at intervals,

at particular periods of time; now and then: At intervals, there were formal receptions at the governor's mansion.

at particular places, with gaps in between: detour signs at intervals along the highway.

:10

:09

:08

:07

:06

:05

:04

:03

:02

:01

Intervals is always a great word to know.

So is doohickey. Does it mean:

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...

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

Related forms

in·ter·val·ic, in·ter·val·lic

[in-ter-val-ik] , adjective

Can be confused: interval, period.

Synonyms
3. opening, gap, separation, gulf.

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source

Link To intervals

Example Sentences

In earlier work, researchers found a similar dynamic at work in people's judgment of intervals that last only moments.

Consciously reminding yourself to blink at intervals during the day will help relieve dry eyes.

Most farmers still make the call based on instinct or err on the side of caution and switch the sprinklers on at fixed intervals.

EXPAND

In earlier work, researchers found a similar dynamic at work in people's judgment of intervals that last only moments.

Consciously reminding yourself to blink at intervals during the day will help relieve dry eyes.

Most farmers still make the call based on instinct or err on the side of caution and switch the sprinklers on at fixed intervals.

The cell phone is set to transmit readings at regular intervals.

Each of the three fast-moving storms shown above was photographed at two-minute intervals by the space probe.

The pattern of lines etched into the enamel at growth intervals resembled that of a modern child.

Water deeply at intervals determined by your soil structure'frequently in porous soils, less often in heavy soils.

The device also can be programmed to release drugs at various intervals.

There were intervals in his life in which he fought for wealth in the.

What makes this question useful is that it asks students to respond using their intuition about how confidence intervals work.

They must therefore inject themselves with insulin at regular intervals or else risk coma or sudden death.

Some flower every year, some at irregular intervals.

Note that here the n's come at intervals of five units.

Until recently, much of modern earthquake theory was based on the idea that intervals between these events were nicely regular.

All you have to do is strap it to your face and let it do its thing, which is flashing lights at pre-set intervals while you rest.

The ships shoved off this morning at half-hour intervals.

Dweck's fifth graders were subjected to uncontrollable failure at random intervals.

Elections are held at maximum intervals of three years, when one-half of the senators.

I've booked my stopovers in advance, spaced at reasonable one-day intervals.

The children were tested five times at regular intervals from infancy through preschool age.

We knew the route for the race had small arrows placed on lampposts at random intervals.

Germany's war loans come at intervals of a half year, not of a fortnight.

Allow an automatic time-marker to be embedded in the notes at intervals set by the user.

At intervals on the terrifying voyage he spread the word to his colleagues.

Long intervals of quiet may be well within the natural variance of such a cycle.

Cooler air and water is warmer than cold air and water and at various intervals it appears to be at the equator.

The sandstone packages are exposed much better than the finer-grained intervals and were the focus of a lot of the detailed work.

Taggart should be permitted to see the children at stated intervals.

At the shipyards, too, workers stopped their labor at irregular intervals and drank heavily.

Experts from both sides will be empowered to alter it at regular intervals.

Communications with earth had been blacking out at intervals.

The information is sent at descrete intervals from the probe and are detected at the ship.

At intervals of a few seconds the reflex of the cornea was tested by touching the eye with a needle….

The one thing rock icons can't get away with is failing to deliver new records at reasonably regular intervals.

Second, debt must be rolled over at regular intervals.

The arboreal species has one of the longest intervals between births among mammals, typically around eight years.

Interrupt people at unpredictable intervals and ask them what they're doing, and what's on their minds.

The amplitude and pitch of the buzzing sometimes shifted, and the intervals between tones would fluctuate.

Cut and attach blocks similar to those above at one-foot intervals along the underside of the paired headers.

But voters' ability to throw the rascals out at regular intervals is still the indispensable sine qua non.

Guard towers at regular intervals mark its progress.

Such experience is also encountered in many intervals of life, not necessarily near death.

Lodahl and colleagues built a new waveguide, this time deliberately placing the holes at random intervals.

Indeed, one had usually to listen to the orchestra and imagine the intervals.

The same minimum and maximum was imposed on costs-with equal intervals in between.

Obviously other intervals are possible, and appropriate in various places.

They later followed up with the questionnaires at several intervals up until almost a year later.

My visor began to flicker, as it would do in regular intervals throughout the adventure.

Pictures, busts, and national souvenirs were exhibited at appropriate intervals.

The intervals between the wars have not been filled by peace but by bombs, raids, uprisings and atrocities.

It has a timer which chimes at intervals to help you establish a routine or work up to a time-based goal.

Patterns of species stability interrupted by relatively quick intervals of change.

In another workshop, three fabricators were painting precisely measured round circles at regular intervals on a white background.

Runkeeper also offers voice prompts, which can tell you how far and how fast you've gone at various intervals.

Tour officials are posted at intervals to answer questions.

Rosie must be cleaned after each use, and serviced more deeply at regular intervals.

Just make some marks at one-foot intervals along each side of the garden.

The pageant can be dazzling at intervals and fascinating for its discoveries.

Put the two together, and there will be intervals over which dollar exposure is helpful.

The events continue throughout the night at random intervals.

Moore observed that the number of transistors on a circuit was doubling at regular intervals and would do so far into the future.

Treatments, if not permanent cures, would only need to be given at long intervals.

Education is a lifelong process that happens in short intervals.

COLLAPSE

Etymonline

Word Origin & History

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.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

interval in·ter·val (ĭn'tər-vəl)
n.

A space between two objects, points, or units.
The amount of time between two specified instants, events, or states.

Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com

Searching for intervals?
How many words do you actually know?

FIND OUT

annuity asynchronous banded barbed wire bipolar disorder bucket conveyor

Matching Quote

"The Sun shone whole at intervals--/Then Half--then utter hid--/As if Himself were optional/And had Estates of Cloud/Sufficient to enfold Him/Eternally from view--"

-Emily Dickinson

Partners:Word Bloglines Citysearch The Daily Beast Ask Answers Ask Kids Life123 Sendori Thesaurus

About Privacy Policy Terms of Use API Careers Advertise with Us Contact Us Help