Definition of interval

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Interval (n.) Difference in pitch between any two tones.

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Clouding :: Clouding (n.) A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals..
Intersperse :: Intersperse (v. t.) To diversify or adorn with things set or scattered at intervals; to place something at intervals in or among; as, to intersperse a book with pictures..
Semimonthly :: Semimonthly (adv.) In a semimonthly manner; at intervals of half a month.
Minutely :: Minutely (adv.) At intervals of a minute; very often and regularly.
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..
Fortnightly :: Fortnightly (adv.) Once in a fortnight; at intervals of a fortnight.
Interlapse :: Interlapse (n.) The lapse or interval of time between two events.
Grumose :: Grumose (a.) Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous.
Remote :: Remote (superl.) Separated by intervals greater than usual.
Ermine :: Ermine (n.) The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white..
Profiling :: Profiling (n.) In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points..
Hourglass :: Hourglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower..
Instantly :: Instantly (adv.) Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.
Interval :: Interval (n.) Alt. of Interval.
Twelfth-second :: Twelfth-second (n.) A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these units make one second..
Perisystole :: Perisystole (n.) The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart. It is perceptible only in the dying.
Mode :: Mode (n.) The scale as affected by the various positions in it of the minor intervals; as, the Dorian mode, the Ionic mode, etc., of ancient Greek music..
Diapason :: Diapason (n.) The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale..
Always :: Always (adv.) Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally..
Day :: Day (n.) The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day
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