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interval
noun
1 interval
A definite length of time marked off by two instants.
synonym: time interval.
Roget 413:
melody,
rhythm,
measure;
rhyme
etc.
(poetry)
597.
pitch,
timbre,
intonation,
tone.
scale,
gamut;
diapason;
diatonic chromatic scale†,
enharmonic scale†;
key,
clef,
chords.
modulation,
temperament,
syncope,
syncopation,
preparation,
suspension,
resolution.
staff,
stave,
line,
space,
brace;
bar,
rest;
appoggiato†,
appoggiatura†;
acciaccatura†.
note,
musical note,
notes of a scale;
sharp,
flat,
natural;
high note
etc.
(shrillness)
410;
low note
etc.
408;
interval;
semitone;
second,
third,
fourth
&c.;
diatessaron†.
breve,
semibreve [Mus.],
minim,
crotchet,
quaver;
semiquaver,
demisemiquaver,
hemidemisemiquaver;
sustained note,
drone,
burden.
tonic;
key note,
leading note,
fundamental note;
supertonic†,
mediant†,
dominant;
submediant†,
subdominant†;
octave,
tetrachord†;
major key,
minor key,
major scale,
minor scale,
major mode,
minor mode;
passage,
phrase.
concord,
harmony;
emmeleia†;
unison,
unisonance†;
chime,
homophony;
euphony,
euphonism†;
tonality;
consonance;
consent;
part.
[Science of harmony]
harmony,
harmonics;
thorough-bass,
fundamental-bass;
counterpoint;
faburden†.
piece of music
etc.
415 [Fr.];
composer,
harmonist†,
contrapuntist
(musician)
416.
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Roget 53:
incompleteness
etc.
adj.;
deficiency,
short measure;
shortcoming
etc.
304;
insufficiency
etc.
640;
imperfection
etc.
651;
immaturity
etc.
(nonpreparation)
674;
half measures.
[part wanting]
defect,
deficit,
defalcation,
omission;
caret;
shortage;
interval
etc.
198;
break
etc.
(discontinuity)
70;
noncompletion
etc.
730;
missing link.
missing piece,
missing part,
gap,
hole,
lacuna.
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Roget 106:
time,
duration;
period,
term,
stage,
space,
span,
spell,
season;
the whole time,
the whole period;
space-time;
course
etc.
109;
snap.
intermediate time,
while,
interim,
interval,
pendency†;
intervention,
intermission,
intermittence,
interregnum,
interlude;
respite.
era,
epoch;
time of life,
age,
year,
date;
decade
etc.
(period)
108;
moment,
etc.
(instant)
113.
glass of time,
sands of time,
march of time,
Father Time,
ravages of time;
arrow of time;
river of time,
whirligig of time,
noiseless foot of time;
scythe.
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Polish: odstęp, interwał
2 interval
A set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints.
Polish: przedział
3 interval
The distance between things.
synonym: separation.
Roget 198:
interval,
interspace†;
separation
etc.
44;
break,
gap,
opening;
hole
etc.
260;
chasm,
hiatus,
caesura;
interruption,
interregnum;
interstice,
lacuna,
cleft,
mesh,
crevice,
chink,
rime,
creek,
cranny,
crack,
chap,
slit,
fissure,
scissure†,
rift,
flaw,
breach,
rent,
gash,
cut,
leak,
dike,
ha-ha.
gorge,
defile,
ravine,
canon,
crevasse,
abyss,
abysm;
gulf;
inlet,
frith†,
strait,
gully;
pass;
furrow
etc.
259;
abra†;
barranca†,
barranco†;
clove [U.S.],
gulch [U.S.],
notch [U.S.];
yawning gulf;
hiatus maxime [Lat.],
hiatus valde deflendus [Lat.];
parenthesis
etc.
(interjacence)
228†;
void
etc.
(absence)
187;
incompleteness
etc.
53.
[interval of time]
period
etc.
108;
interim
(time)
106.
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Polish: rozstęp
4 interval
The difference in pitch between two notes.
synonym: musical interval.
Dutch: interval, trap
Polish: odległość, interwał
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