1. interval
noun. ['ˈɪntɝvəl'] a definite length of time marked off by two instants.
Synonyms
- eternity
- absence
- processing time
- embolism
- suspension
- round
- space
- latent period
- meanwhile
- lag
- interlude
- lead time
- access time
- time interval
- time slot
- response time
- measure
- quantity
- interruption
- rhythm
- intercalation
- latency
- cycle
- amount
- distance
- seek time
- pause
- meantime
- slot
- interim
- time constant
- lunitidal interval
- intermission
- break
- period
- float
- reaction time
Antonyms
- thin
- reduce
- exact
- free
Etymology
- intervalle (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
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Words that Rhyme with Interval
- anvil
- approval
- archival
- archrival
- arrival
- arval
- bedevil
- belveal
- bevel
- bevil
- bevill
- carnival
- covel
- covell
- covill
- crovl
- daredevil
- devil
- devoll
- disapproval
Example sentences of the word interval
1. Adjective
To burn body fat more quickly try interval training.
2. Noun, singular or mass
If the race course is hilly, do hill repeats as one of your weekly interval workouts.
Quotes containing the word interval
1. Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.
- John Barrymore
2. A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
- Swami Sivananda
3. The imaginary is not formed in opposition to reality as its denial or compensation; it grows among signs, from book to book, in the interstice of repetitions and commentaries; it is born and takes shape in the interval between books. It is the phenomena of the library.
- Michel Foucault
2. sub-interval
noun. an interval that is included in another interval.
Antonyms
- open interval
3. interval
noun. ['ˈɪntɝvəl'] a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints.
Synonyms
- closed interval
- bounded interval
- open interval
- sub-interval
- unbounded interval
Antonyms
- open interval
- activity
- action
- activeness
Etymology
- intervalle (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
4. interval
noun. ['ˈɪntɝvəl'] the distance between things.
Synonyms
- clearance
- distance
Antonyms
- nonexistence
- presence
- attendance
Etymology
- intervalle (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
5. interval
noun. ['ˈɪntɝvəl'] the difference in pitch between two notes.
Synonyms
- semitone
- half step
- step
- seventh
- fourth
- quarter tone
- octave
- tone
- third
- whole tone
- sixth
- musical octave
- whole step
- musical interval
- musical notation
- fifth
Antonyms
- angular
- praise
- top
- bottom
Etymology
- intervalle (Old French (842-ca. 1400))