interval
- noun
- /ˈɪntərvəl/
- However, wide confidence intervals mean that real differences may not have been detected in this study.
- at regular intervals
- at equal intervals
- m intervals
So you have two lines that are ascending stepwise, but they are separated by this interval, these large intervals.
- So you have two lines that are ascending stepwise, but they are separated by this interval, these large intervals.
- So let's start with the interval, the shorter interval of the material things.
Examples
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Estrogen levels high, intervals between menses holding steady.
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There were seven of them, placed at intervals in front of the statues of the saints.
Fiction book (1999) -
So any particular estimate in this interval would be fine.
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So we are comparing the height of this interval to that interval.
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Cones were placed at regular intervals along the side of the tennis court.
Academic text (2015) -
And so at fifty yard intervals, the search pattern for the rest of the convoy began.
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In the gymnasium, strips of tape were placed at 1-ft intervals along the side of the wall.
Academic text (2015) -
The main line is buoyed at regular intervals by float lines connected to surface floats.
Academic text (1993) -
Cones were placed at regular intervals along the side of the tennis court.
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Border Patrol officers were stationed at selected intervals along the border, about 200 yards apart.
Synonyms
Amount of space between two points or places
The distance or time between two points
A space between two things that keeps them apart
A small narrow space between things where dust or air can pass
A space between two things
Compounds
- Specialized
Time between the moon being highest in the sky at a place and the next high tide there
- Specialized
A set of numbers between two points that does not include the end points
How Far
Surface Forms
Etymology
Interval comes from Latin inter- ('between') and a word for the space between walls, and this inter- is the same 'between' you see in international. So, an interval can mean the physical distance or space 'between' two objects, like the space between plants.