Interval — Defs

01 n. A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

1.
A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.
“'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, A dreadful interval.” — Milton.
2.
Space of time between any two points or events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and the accession of Charles II.
3.
A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium.
4.
Difference in pitch between any two tones.(Mus.)

Phrases & compounds

At intervals — coming or happening with intervals between; now and then.

Augmented interval — an interval increased by half a step or half a tone.

02 n. A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or b…

1.
A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7.[Local, U. S.] See: Bottom
“The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land.” — The Century.