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plural intervals
A distance in space. quotations examples
'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval.
1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
[M]any attempts were made to prevent the spreading of it [the fire] by pulling down Houses, and making great Intervals, but all in vain, the Fire seizing upon the Timber and Rubbish, and so continuing it set even through those spaces […]
1666 September 8, The London Gazette
A period of time. examples
(music) The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad). examples
(mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero. examples
(chiefly Britain) An intermission. examples
(sports) half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play quotations examples
Spain made three substitutions at the interval, sending on former Arsenal captain Fabregas, Chelsea's Juan Mata and Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina for Xavi, David Silva and Casillas.
2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport
(cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play examples