interval
/ˈɪntərvəl/
noun
- A period of time between two events or points in time.
- During the interval, the audience went to the lobby for refreshments.
- The doctor asked her to return at regular intervals for checkups.
- There was a short interval between the two meetings.
- A space or gap between two things.
- There were long intervals between streetlights on the dark road.
- The houses were spaced at wide intervals along the road.
- Plant the seeds at intervals of about six inches.
- The difference in pitch between two musical notes.
- She practiced playing intervals on the piano to improve her ear.
- Learning to recognize intervals helps musicians play by ear.
- The song uses a wide interval between the first and second notes.
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