Definition of interval

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Interval (n.) A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills..

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Minutely :: Minutely (adv.) At intervals of a minute; very often and regularly.
Return :: Return (v. i.) To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again..
Major :: Major (a.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone..
Tone :: Tone (n.) The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone..
Reprieve :: Reprieve (n.) Interval of ease or relief; respite.
Grumose :: Grumose (a.) Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous.
Diapente :: Diapente (n.) The interval of the fifth.
Minor :: Minor (a.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third..
Intermit :: Intermit (v. i.) To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever..
Strangulation :: Strangulated (a.) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted..
Seventh :: Seventh (n.) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished..
Inframedian :: Inframedian (a.) Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms..
Fontanel :: Fontanel (n.) One of the membranous intervals between the incompleted angles of the parietal and neighboring bones of a fetal or young skull; -- so called because it exhibits a rhythmical pulsation.
Interval :: Interval (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..
Sesquitone :: Sesquitone (n.) A minor third, or interval of three semitones..
Ninth :: Ninth (n.) An interval containing an octave and a second.
Eleventh :: Eleventh (n.) The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.
Cycle :: Cycle (n.) An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a periodical space of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cycle of the seasons, or of the year..
Scale :: Scale (n.) Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals..
Interval :: Interval (n.) A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills..
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