in·ter·val /ˈɪntɚ/
 時間間隔間隔,距離,間歇,間隙
 in·ter·val /ˈɪntɝvəl/ 名詞
 間隔,間距,間期
 interval
 間隔
 interval
 間隔時間
 interval
 間隔 區間
 In·ter·val n.
 1. A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.
 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left,
 A dreadful interval.   --Milton.
 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.
 At intervals, coming or happening with intervals between; now and then. “And Miriam watch'd and dozed at intervals.” --Tennyson.
 Augmented interval Mus., an interval increased by half a step or half a tone.
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 In·ter·val In·ter·vale n. 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. [Local, U. S.]
    The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land.   --The Century.
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 interval
      n 1: a definite length of time marked off by two instants [syn: time
           interval]
      2: a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between
         two given endpoints
      3: the distance between things; "fragile items require
         separation and cushioning" [syn: separation]
      4: the difference in pitch between two notes [syn: musical
         interval]