Interval

English Meaning

A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

1. A space between two objects, points, or units.
2. The amount of time between two specified instants, events, or states.
3. One of a series of predetermined distances covered at regular time increments with intermittent periods of rest in an athletic workout.
4. Mathematics A set of numbers consisting of all the numbers between a pair of given numbers along with either, both, or none of the endpoints.
5. Mathematics A closed interval.
6. Mathematics An open interval.
7. Mathematics A half-open interval.
8. Mathematics A line segment representing the set of numbers in an interval.
9. Chiefly British An intermission, as between acts of a play.
10. Music The difference, usually expressed in the number of steps, between two pitches.