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interval

interval

12 3.7
All numbers between two values
  • noun
  • /ˈɪntərvəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : intervalo
  • In mathematics, an interval can include all numbers between two endpoints, like from 1 to 5.
  • confidence interval
  • 95% confidence interval
  • interval (CI)

So if F is odd on, say, some interval negative A to a.

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Examples

  • Table 3 presents the latent means and associated 95% confidence intervals for the two scales.

    Academic text (2012)
  • How many people's confidence interval includes that number?

  • We chose a confidence interval of 5 at a 95% confidence level.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Analysis revealed that all children were within 95% confidence intervals of the international norms.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The knowledge of half-lives of drugs is essential in determining the intervals between drug doses.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Observers collected partial interval recordings of off-task behavior data using 15-second intervals for fifteen minutes of direct observations.

    Academic text (2013)
  • We derived adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals from the results of the multivariable logistic analyses.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The intervals between the peaks of the wave represent its frequency.

  • The study focused on the genetic intervals between various species to understand their evolutionary relationships.

Synonyms

range
vsinterval
  • Specialized
31 3.7

All numbers or values that a math function can give

is specifically the continuous set between two endpoints

Compounds

A period between two events that you can measure

bounded interval
  • Specialized
7.2

A part of the number line that includes both end points

closed interval
  • Specialized
7.3

All numbers from one number to another including both ends

lunitidal interval
  • Specialized
9.9

Time between the moon being highest in the sky at a place and the next high tide there

musical interval
  • Specialized
4.8

The difference in how high or low two notes are in music

open interval
  • Specialized
8.2

A set of numbers between two points that does not include the end points

sub-interval
  • Specialized
7.6

A smaller interval that lies entirely inside a larger interval

9.2

A range of numbers that has no end on one or both sides

How Wide

to range
247 2.8
interval
  • Specialized
12 3.7
point
2.4

Surface Forms

interval singular
intervals plural

Etymology

Interval comes from Latin inter- ('between') and a word for a space, and this inter- is the same 'between' you see in international. So, in math an interval is all the numbers that lie 'between' two values on a number line.