Definition of interval

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Interval (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..

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Disdiapason :: Disdiapason (n.) An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; -- called also bisdiapason..
Frequent :: Frequent (n.) Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits..
Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh..
Interval :: Interval (n.) Alt. of Interval.
Respond :: Respond (n.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
Entr''acte :: Entr'acte (n.) The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama.
Intermittent :: Intermittent (a.) Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent; periodic; as, an intermittent fever..
Alliteration :: Alliteration (n.) The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -.
Seventeenth :: Seventeenth (n.) An interval of two octaves and a third.
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..
Skip :: Skip (n.) The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
Ninth :: Ninth (n.) An interval containing an octave and a second.
Clouding :: Clouding (n.) A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals..
Period :: Period (n.) One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed at regular intervals, as in numeration, in the extraction of roots, and in circulating decimals..
Interrupter :: Interrupter (n.) A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit; a vibrating spring or tuning fork, arranged to make and break a circuit at rapidly recurring intervals, by the action of the current itself..
Mediant :: Mediant (n.) The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.
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.
Hexachord :: Hexachord (n.) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones..
Blank :: Blank (n.) Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void..
Immediately :: Immediately (adv.) Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once.
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