NOUN | time | interval, time interval | a definite length of time marked off by two instants |
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cognition | interval | a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints | |
attribute | interval, separation | the distance between things | |
communication | interval, musical interval | the difference in pitch between two notes |
Sounds | ih'nervahl; ih'ntervahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | A definite length of time marked off by two instants. | |
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Synonym | time interval | |
Narrower | absence | The time interval during which something or somebody is away |
access time | (computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive | |
cycle, rhythm, round | An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs | |
distance, space | The interval between two times / times | |
embolism, intercalation | An insertion into a calendar | |
eternity | A seemingly endless time interval (waiting) | |
float | The time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment | |
interim, meantime, meanwhile, lag | The time between one event, process, or period and another | |
interlude | An intervening period or episode | |
latent period | The time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms | |
lead time | The time interval between the initiation and the completion of a production process | |
lunitidal interval | interval between the moon's transit of a particular meridian and the next high tide at that meridian | |
pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension | A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something | |
period | The interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon | |
processing time | The time it takes to complete a prescribed procedure | |
reaction time, response time, latency, latent period | The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it | |
rotational latency, latency | (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head | |
seek time | (computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to a specific data track | |
time constant | (electronics) the time required for the current or voltage in a circuit to rise or fall exponentially through approximately 63 per cent of its amplitude | |
time slot, slot | A time assigned on a schedule or agenda | |
Broader | measure, quantity, amount | How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
Spanish | intervalo | |
Catalan | interval |
Meaning | A set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints. | |
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Narrower | closed interval, bounded interval | An interval that includes its endpoints |
open interval, unbounded interval | An interval that does not include its endpoints | |
sub-interval | An interval that is included in another interval | |
Broader | set | (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols |
Spanish | intervalo | |
Catalan | interval |
Meaning | The distance between things. | |
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Synonym | separation | |
Narrower | clearance | The distance by which one thing clears another |
Broader | distance | The property created by the space between two objects or points |
Spanish | separación | |
Catalan | distància, interval, separació |
Meaning | The difference in pitch between two notes. | |
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Synonym | musical interval | |
Narrower | fifth | The musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it |
fourth | The musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it | |
octave, musical octave | A musical interval of eight tones | |
quarter tone, quarter-tone | half of a semitone | |
semitone, half step | The musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument | |
seventh | The musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it | |
sixth | The musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it | |
third | The musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it | |
tone, whole tone, step, whole step | A musical interval of two semitones | |
Broader | musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians / musicians |
Spanish | intervalo | |
Catalan | interval |
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