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Alternate :: Alternate (a.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence..

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..

Seventeenth :: Seventeenth (n.) An interval of two octaves and a third.

Tubipora :: Tubipora (n.) A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans..

Olympiad :: Olympiad (n.) A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads..

Hebdomadary :: Hebdomadary (a.) Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly..

Articulation :: Articulation (n.) One of the parts intercepted between the joints; also, a subdivision into parts at regular or irregular intervals as a result of serial intermission in growth, as in the cane, grasses, etc..

Malaria :: Malaria (n.) A morbid condition produced by exhalations from decaying vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever and ague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and usually uniform intervals..

Deciduous :: Deciduous (a.) Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane..

Periodical :: Periodical (a.) Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics..

Moniliform :: Moniliform (a.) Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna. See Illust. of Antenna..

Fund :: Fund (n.) The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; -- called also public funds..

Schisma :: Schisma (n.) An interval equal to half a comma.

Fugue :: Fugue (n.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears..

Ninth :: Ninth (n.) An interval containing an octave and a second.

Immediate :: Immediate (a.) Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.

Skip :: Skip (n.) The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

Seventh :: Seventh (n.) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale.

Periodical :: Periodical (n.) A magazine or other publication which appears at stated or regular intervals.

Interpilaster :: Interpilaster (n.) The interval or space between two pilasters.

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