Thesaurus: interval

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1. n. A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.
2. n. 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. n. 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. n. Difference in pitch between any two tones.
5. n. Alt. of Intervale
6. n. a definite length of time marked off by two instants
7. n. a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints
8. n. the distance between things
9. n. the difference in pitch between two notes
10. Difference in pitch between any two tones. At intervals, comingor happening with intervals between; now and then. "And Miriamwatch'd and dozed at intervals." Tennyson.-- Augmented interval (Mus.), an interval increased by half a stepor half a tone.
11. n:100 n. a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints n. the distance between things n. the difference in pitch between two notes