interval
['ɪntɚvl.]
n. 隔, 距, 歇, 隙

[] 隔

[医] 隔, 距, 期



interval
[ noun ]

1. a definite length of time marked off by two instants

<noun.time>

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

<noun.cognition>

3. the distance between things

<noun.attribute>
fragile items require separation and cushioning

4. the difference in pitch between two notes

<noun.communication>

Interval \In"ter*val\, Intervale \In"ter*vale\, 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.


Interval \In"ter*val\, 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. ``And Miriam watch'd and dozed at
intervals.'' --Tennyson.

{Augmented interval} (Mus.), an interval increased by half a
step or half a tone.