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in·ter·val
(ĭn′tər-vəl)n.
Idiom: 1. A space between objects, points, or units, especially when making uniform amounts of separation: We set up hurdles at intervals of 15 yards around the track.
2. An amount of time between events, especially of uniform duration separating events in a series: We ran laps at 30-second intervals.
3. A segment of an athletic workout in which an athlete runs, swims, or does other exercise over a series of predetermined distances at regular time increments with intermittent rests.
4. Mathematics
a. A set of numbers consisting of all the numbers between a pair of given numbers along with either, both, or none of the endpoints.
b. A closed interval.
c. An open interval.
d. A half-open interval.
e. A line segment representing the set of numbers in an interval.
5. Chiefly British An intermission, as between acts of a play.
6. Music The difference, usually expressed in the number of steps, between two pitches.
at intervals
In a series separated by space or time: trees planted at intervals; coughing at intervals.
[Middle English intervalle, from Old French, from Latin intervallum : inter-, inter- + vallum, rampart.]
in′ter·val′ic, in′ter·val′lic (-văl′ĭk) adj.
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Translations
في فَتَراتٍ مُتَقَطِّعَه
tu a tam
med mellemrum
hellyel-közzelidõközökbentérközökkel
meî millibili; hér og òar
aralıklarlafasılalarla
interval
(ˈintəvəl) noun1. a time or space between. He returned home after an interval of two hours. tydperk فَتْرَه، مُدَّه промеждутък intervalo interval der Zwischenraum, die Zwischenzeit interval; afbrydelse διάλειμμα, διάστημα που μεσολαβεί intervalo ajavahemik فاصله؛ وقفه väli intervalle הפסקה अंतराल međuprostor, razmak időköz; (tér)köz selang millibil, hlé intervallo 間隔 간격 tarpas, pertrauka intervāls; starplaiks selang tussenruimte, tussentijd mellomrom, pause odstęp, przerwa فاصله، وقفه intervalo interval, timp интервал interval; rozpätie presledek interval intervall, avbrott, rast ช่วงเวลา ara, süre 間隔 проміжок, інтервал زمانی وقفہ khoảng thời gian giữa 2 sự kiện 间隔
2. a short break in a play, concert etc. We had ice-cream in the interval. pouse فاصِلَه موسيقيَّه пауза intervalo přestávka die Pause pause διάλειμμα descanso vaheaeg انتراکت väliaika entracte הפסקה अध्यावकाश, स्वरान्तराल stanka szünet istirahat hlé intervallo 幕合い (연극의) 막간 pertrauka starpbrīdis waktu rehat pauze pause antrakt وقفه intervalo antract, pauză антракт prestávka odmor pauza mellanakt, paus หยุดพักเป็นช่วง ๆ ara, mola, antrakt 中場休息 перерва; антракт کھیل تماشے کے دوران مختصر وقفہ thời gian giải lao 幕间休息
at intervals here and there; now and then. Trees grew at intervals along the road. plek-plek في فَتَراتٍ مُتَقَطِّعَه тук там aqui e ali tu a tam dann und wann med mellemrum; nu og da κατά διαστήματα aquí y allí; a intervalos paiguti بطور پراکنده؛ گهگاه ajoittain par intervalles בִרווָחִים नियमित रूप से समान अन्तराल के साथ घटित होना tu i tamo, odmorište uz cestu hellyel-közzel, térközökkel di sana-sini með millibili; hér og þar a tratti あちこちに 이따금 tarpais, kartkartėmis laiku pa laikam di sana-sini met tussenpozen med mellomrom, her og der w odstępach كله كله، ځينى وخت په ځينو ځايونو كښى aqui e ali din loc în loc; din timp în timp с промежутками tu a tam tu in tam tu i tamo med intervaller, här och där, då och då, med [två meters] mellanrum ทุกหนแห่ง aralıklarla, fasılalarla 有時,到處,每隔.. тут і там; з проміжками وقفے وقفے đan xen nhau 不时,相隔一定的距离
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