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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Interval \In"ter*val\, Intervale \In"ter*vale\, noun 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}, noun, 7. [Local, U. S.]
The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land. --The Century.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Interval \In"ter*val\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
interval
noun
1: a definite length of time marked off by two instants [syn: {time interval}]
2: a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints
3: the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning" [syn: {separation}]
4: the difference in pitch between two notes [syn: {musical interval}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
185 Moby Thesaurus words for "interval": abeyance, amount, aperture, arrearage, breach, break, broaching, caesura, caliber, cavity, cease-fire, cessation, chasm, check, clearing, cleft, coffee break, comma, compass, consecutive intervals, crack, cut, day, day off, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, degree, delay, diapason, diatessaron, diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, disclosure, discontinuity, distance, downtime, drop, enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval, extent, fateful moment, fenestra, fifth, fissure, fistula, fontanel, foramen, fourth, gap, gape, gat, grade, gulf, half step, half time, half-time intermission, halftone, height, hesitation, hiatus, hole, holiday, hollow, hour, inlet, instant, interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interruption, interstice, juncture, kairos, lack, lacuna, lapse, laying open, layoff, leak, leap, less semitone, letup, level, lull, mark, meantime, meanwhile, measure, melodic interval, minute, missing link, moment, moment of truth, need, notch, note, nuance, octave, off-time, omission, opening, opening up, orifice, outage, outlet, parallel octaves, parenthesis, pas, passageway, pause, peg, period, pitch, plane, plateau, point, point of repose, pore, pregnant moment, proportion, psychological moment, quiet spell, range, ratio, reach, recess, relief, remission, remove, respite, rest, resting point, round, rung, scale, scope, season, second, semitone, seventh, shade, shadow, shortage, sixth, slot, space, span, spell, split, stage, stair, stand-down, standard, stay, step, stint, stoma, stretch, suspension, third, throwing open, time, time lag, time off, time out, tone, tread, truce, ullage, uncorking, unison interval, unstopping, vacation, void, wait, want, wantage, while, whole step, yawn
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