Interval
Definition of Interval
In´ter`val | n. | 1. | | | 1. | A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | (Mus.) Difference in pitch between any two tones. | | 1. | A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7. |
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